you won't find that anywhere in the new testament. we read luke we understand she is not about to give birth they arrive there before she is going to give birth. >> not far from the birth place of jesus is shepherd's field. this church was built on a site where it is said angels appeared and told the shepherds of the messiah's birth. >> luke focuses on these shepherds and shepherds as often today were poor they often lived outside of the towns and only came in from time to time and luke focuses on them as the ones who were right at the center of the action to their own surprise as everybody else's. >> why is jesus' birth celebrated on december 25th in the middle of winter? >> if the gospel of luke is any indication of the time when we have shepherds on the hillside at night raising their sheep we know it is not in the dead of winter. it is freezing here in the winter. but spring and summer you could be outside all night it would be