Luke 2:17

WEB

¹⁷When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.

KJV

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

BSB

¹⁷After they had seen the Child, they spread the message they had received about Him.

FBV

¹⁷After they'd seen for themselves, they spread the news of what had happened and what they had been told about this baby.

Extra References

Psalms 66:16

¹⁶Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

Luke 8:39

³⁹“Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you.” He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.

¹⁷God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works. ¹⁸Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.

Luke 2:38

³⁸Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

Malachi 3:16

¹⁶Then those who feared the LORD spoke one with another; and the LORD listened and heard, and a book of memory was written before him for those who feared the LORD and who honored his name.

Psalms 16:9-10

⁹Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety. ¹⁰For you will not leave my soul in Sheol,^[+] neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.

John 1:41-46

⁴¹He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is, being interpreted, Christ⁴²^[+] He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” (which is by interpretation, Peter).

⁴³^[+] On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” ⁴⁴Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

⁴⁶Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”

John 4:28-29

²⁸So the woman left her water pot, went away into the city, and said to the people, ²⁹“Come, see a man who told me everything that I have done. Can this be the Christ?”