2:18

all who heard it: Some other ways to say all who heard it are:

all the people who heard this news
-or-
everyone who heard the shepherds’ words/report

were amazed: The Greek verb that the Berean Standard Bible translates here as were amazed occurred twice before in Luke (1:21, 1:63). It may also be translated as:

were astonished (NET Bible)
-or-
wondered (Revised Standard Version)
-or-
was surprised (Contemporary English Version)

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