'Shepherds' in the Bible

And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock,

And it came to pass, when the messengers were gone away from them to the heavens, that the men, the shepherds, said unto one another, 'We may go over indeed unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that hath come to pass, that the Lord did make known to us.'

And all who heard, did wonder concerning the things spoken by the shepherds unto them;

and the shepherds turned back, glorifying and praising God, for all those things they heard and saw, as it was spoken unto them.

and He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as proclaimers of good news, and some as shepherds and teachers,