Luke 2:13 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 2:13

And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

KJV

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

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Commentary

5 voices

Irenaeus

Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter 10) (202)

And the angel of the Lord, he says, appeared to the shepherds, proclaiming joy to them: "For [Luke 2:11, etc.] there is born in the house of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Then [appeared] a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, Glory in the highest to God, and on earth peace, to men of good will." The falsely-called Gnostics say that these angels came from the Ogdoad, and made manifest the descent of the superior Christ.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Cyril of Alexandria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (444)

This peace has been made through Christ, for He has reconciled us by Himself to God and our Father, (2 Cor. 5:18, 19, Eph. 2:16, Col. 1:20.) having taken away our guilt, which was the ground of offence also. He has united two nations in one man, and has joined the heavenly and the earthly in one flock.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Glory to God, whose kindness and love designed this favour, and whose wisdom contrived it in such a way as that one divine attribute should not be glorified at the expense of another, but the honour of all effectually secured and advanced. Other works of God are for his glory, but the redemption of the world is for his glory in the highest.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Suddenly there was with the angel, etc. - this multitude of the heavenly host had just now descended from on high, to honor the new-born Prince of peace, to give his parents the fullest conviction of his glory and excellence, and to teach the shepherds, who were about to be the first proclaimers of the Gospel, what to think and what to speak of him, who, while he appeared as a helpless infant, was the object of worship to the angels of God.

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.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐξαίφνης	exaiphnēs	suddenly	G1810 →
ἐγένετο	egeneto	there came	G1096 →
σὺν	sun	with	G4862 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
ἀγγέλῳ	angelō	angel	G32 →
πλῆθος	plēthos	a multitude	G4128 →
στρατιᾶς	stratias	of [the] host	G4756 →
οὐρανίου	ouraniou	heavenly	G3770 →
αἰνούντων	ainountōn	praising	G134 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸν	theon	God	G2316 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
λεγόντων·	legontōn	saying:	G3004 →

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
Luke 15:10
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
leads to
- Luke 15:7
  In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
- Ezekiel 33:11
  Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live.…
- 2 Corinthians 7:10
  Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
- Ezekiel 18:23
  Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?
- Luke 13:5
  No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
Through
Revelation 5:11
Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
leads to
- Daniel 7:10
  A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.
Through
1 Kings 22:19
Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.
leads to
- Job 2:1
  On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.
- Job 1:6
  One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.