Luk 2:20 | NETfull | STEP | So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.

Luke 2:20

20 So ^{▼▼ Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion of the topic.} the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising ^{▼▼ The mention of glorifying and praising God is the second note of praise in this section; see Luke 2:13–14.} God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told. ^{▼▼ Grk “just as [it] had been spoken to them.” This has been simplified in the English translation by making the prepositional phrase (“to them”) the subject of the passive verb.} ^{▼▼ The closing remark just as they had been told notes a major theme of Luke 1–2 as he sought to reassure Theophilus: God does what he says he will do.}