“And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.”
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told — the glorifying and praising God (doxazontes kai ainountes ton theon) is the shepherds' response to the verification of the sign: the things they heard from the angel and the things they saw in the manger were just as they had been told. The conformity of sign to announcement produces praise — the reliability of the divine word confirmed in experience generates worship.
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