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Luke 2:20

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And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
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  1. Psalms 106:48Rank 1 from verse 20
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    48Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the Lord.

  2. Acts 11:18Rank 2 from verse 20
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    18When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

  3. 1 Chronicles 29:10–12Rank 3 from verse 20
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    10¶ Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.

    11Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.

    12Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.

  4. Isaiah 29:19Rank 4 from verse 20
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    19The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

  5. Matthew 9:8Rank 5 from verse 20
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    8But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.

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Luke 2:20

COMBINED MEANING

returned

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of return, meaning to go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again.

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glorifying

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of glorify, meaning to honour, praise, magnify, exalt, make glorious, display glory in, or cause the excellence and worth of a person or name to be acknowledged.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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told

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Past-tense or past-participial form of tell (to say, relate, inform, count, or make known).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2:15And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

2:16And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

2:17And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

2:18And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

2:19But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

2:20And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

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