<p>2:11 <i>For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord</i>- They were not to &quot;fear&quot; (:10), because a Saviour had been born. The salvation in view was therefore from sin and the fear which arises from it. This was a great theme in the song of Zacharias (see on 1:74,77). Salvation from the Romans was what everyone wanted, but the spiritual reality was far greater. &quot;Christ the Lord&quot; is an unusual phrase; the idea is that because of this great salvation, Messiah was to become the personal &quot;Lord&quot; and master of those shepherds. The implication is surely that those shepherds, famed for their dishonesty, petty crime and disobedience to the Law, actually came to believe in the Lord Jesus.</p>