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Luk 2:15. Οἱ ἄνθρωποι, the men [the shepherds]) representing, as they did in some measure, the whole human race. Comp. Luk 2:14, among men; in antithesis to, the angels. Men came to Jesus; whereas angels did their office from a distance.-διέλθωμεν-ἓως, let us go on-even to) Hence it may be inferred that the shepherds had their house, not at Bethlehem, but in some locality between which and Bethlehem midway was situated broadwise the region where they kept watch over their flocks; Luk 2:20 is in agreement with this view. Comp. Act 9:38, διελθεῖν ἓως (αὐτῶν) ἡμῶν, “to come on even to (them) us.” On this account [owing to their having to go forward and back over so much space] the matter became the more known through their means.-τὸ γεγονὸς, which has come to pass) They believe that the event has already come to pass, from the announcement of the angel.