<p>2:18 <i>And all that heard it wondered at the things which were spoken to them by the shepherds</i>- As noted in :17, &quot;shepherds&quot; were not the most credible of witnesses, and so people &quot;wondered at&quot; rather than &quot;believed&quot; the message. We notice how at the end of Luke, the chosen witnesses include women, who were not allowed to bear credible legal witness, and men who had just been disgraced by their public disloyalty to the Messiah they testified about. And this is why the likes of you and me have likewise been chosen as witnesses.</p>