Luke 2:10 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 2:10

But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the angel said unto them, Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people:

KJV

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

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Commentary

3 voices

Origen of Alexandria

Homilies on Luke (253)

Why then did the angel not go to Jerusalem, why did he not seek out the scribes and Pharisees, why did he not enter the synagogue of the Jews, but found "shepherds living out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night" and announced it to them? Does the word not hint at anything but truly the presenting matter, that the angel came to such ignorant shepherds, and does it signify nothing other than that? But the angel announces Christ to the shepherds of the churches.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Behold, I bring you good tidings - I am not come to declare the judgments of the Lord, but his merciful loving-kindness, the subject being a matter of great joy. He then declares his message. Unto you - to the Jews first, and then to the human race.

Modern Voices1 voice

G.K. Chesterton

1874–1936

The Everlasting Man, Part II Ch. 1 "The God in the Cave" (1925)

The shepherds had found their Shepherd.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	to them	G846 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἄγγελος·	angelos	angel;	G32 →
μὴ	mē	Not	G3361 →
φοβεῖσθε·	phobeisthe	do fear;	G5399 →
ἰδοὺ	idou	behold	G2400 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
εὐαγγελίζομαι	euangelizomai	I bring good news	G2097 →
ὑμῖν	humin	to you	G4771 →
χαρὰν	charan	[of] joy	G5479 →
μεγάλην	megalēn	great	G3173 →
ἥτις	hētis	which	G3748 →
ἔσται	estai	will be	G1510 →
παντὶ	panti	to all	G3956 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
λαῷ	laō	people	G2992 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty…
leads to
- Luke 4:18–19
  “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight…
- Luke 7:22
  So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and…
- Isaiah 42:7
  to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
- Matthew 11:5
  The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
- Psalms 147:3
  He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Through
Matthew 28:18
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
leads to
- John 3:35
  The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
- 1 Peter 3:22
  who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
- Matthew 11:27
  All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses…