Luke 2:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were absolutely terrified.

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  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And we all agree, our religion contains amazing revelation: He was revealed in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who said“Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.
  • Rev 18:1 : 1 Babylon is Destroyed After these things I saw another angel, who possessed great authority, coming down out of heaven, and the earth was lit up by his radiance.
  • Exod 16:7 : 7 and in the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, because he has heard your murmurings against the LORD. As for us, what are we, that you should murmur against us?”
  • Exod 16:10 : 10 As Aaron spoke to the whole community of the Israelites and they looked toward the wilderness, there the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud,
  • Exod 40:34-35 : 34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 35 Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
  • Judg 6:11-12 : 11 Gideon Meets Some Visitors The LORD’s angel came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash’s son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress so he could hide it from the Midianites. 12 The LORD’s angel appeared and said to him,“The LORD is with you, courageous warrior!”
  • 1 Kgs 8:11 : 11 The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the LORD’s glory filled his temple.
  • Isa 6:3-5 : 3 They called out to one another,“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies! His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!” 4 The sound of their voices shook the door frames, and the temple was filled with smoke. 5 I said,“Woe to me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
  • Isa 35:2 : 2 Let it richly bloom; let it rejoice and shout with delight! It is given the grandeur of Lebanon, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the grandeur of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
  • Isa 40:5 : 5 The splendor of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it at the same time. For the LORD has decreed it.”
  • Isa 60:1 : 1 Zion’s Future Splendor“Arise! Shine! For your light arrives! The splendor of the LORD shines on you!
  • Ezek 3:23 : 23 So I got up and went out to the valley, and the glory of the LORD was standing there, just like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River, and I threw myself face down.
  • Matt 1:20 : 20 When he had contemplated this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,“Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
  • Luke 1:11-12 : 11 An angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense, appeared to him. 12 And Zechariah, visibly shaken when he saw the angel, was seized with fear.
  • Luke 1:28 : 28 The angel came to her and said,“Greetings, favored one, the Lord is with you!”
  • Luke 24:4 : 4 While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood beside them in dazzling attire.
  • John 12:41 : 41 Isaiah said these things because he saw Christ’s glory, and spoke about him.
  • Acts 5:19 : 19 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, led them out, and said,
  • Acts 12:7 : 7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the prison cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up, saying,“Get up quickly!” And the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.
  • Acts 22:6-9 : 6 As I was en route and near Damascus, about noon a very bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me. 7 Then I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me,‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ 8 I answered,‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me,‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’ 9 Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
  • Acts 26:13-14 : 13 about noon along the road, Your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining everywhere around me and those traveling with me. 14 When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic,‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself by kicking against the goads.’
  • Acts 27:23 : 23 For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to me
  • Rev 20:11 : 11 The Great White Throne Then I saw a large white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.
  • Heb 12:21 : 21 In fact, the scene was so terrifying that Moses said,“I shudder with fear.”

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    6While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.

    7And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

    8The Shepherds’ Visit Now there were shepherds nearby living out in the field, keeping guard over their flock at night.

  • Luke 2:10-18
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    10But the angel said to them,“Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, for I proclaim to you good news that brings great joy to all the people:

    11Today your Savior is born in the city of David. He is Christ the Lord.

    12This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.”

    13Suddenly a vast, heavenly army appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

    14“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!”

    15When the angels left them and went back to heaven, the shepherds said to one another,“Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, that the Lord has made known to us.”

    16So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger.

    17When they saw him, they related what they had been told about this child,

    18and all who heard it were astonished at what the shepherds said.

  • Luke 2:20
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    20So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.

  • Matt 2:8-10
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    8He sent them to Bethlehem and said,“Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.”

    9After listening to the king they left, and once again the star they saw when it rose led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.

    10When they saw the star they shouted joyfully.

  • Luke 1:11-12
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    11An angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense, appeared to him.

    12And Zechariah, visibly shaken when he saw the angel, was seized with fear.

  • Luke 1:28-30
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    28The angel came to her and said,“Greetings, favored one, the Lord is with you!”

    29But she was greatly troubled by his words and began to wonder about the meaning of this greeting.

    30So the angel said to her,“Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God!

  • Luke 24:4-5
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    4While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood beside them in dazzling attire.

    5The women were terribly frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them,“Why do you look for the living among the dead?

  • Matt 1:20
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    20When he had contemplated this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,“Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

  • Luke 1:65
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    65All their neighbors were filled with fear, and throughout the entire hill country of Judea all these things were talked about.

  • Luke 1:19
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    19The angel answered him,“I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

  • Isa 9:2
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    2(9:1) The people walking in darkness see a bright light; light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness.

  • Matt 28:2-4
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    2Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.

    3His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.

    4The guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him.

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    7The LORD’s angel camps around the LORD’s loyal followers and delivers them.

  • Luke 1:26
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    26Birth Announcement of Jesus the Messiah In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,

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    37But they were startled and terrified, thinking they saw a ghost.

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    32a light, for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”

  • Matt 2:1-2
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    1The Visit of the Wise Men After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem

    2saying,“Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”

  • Matt 17:6-7
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    6When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.

    7But Jesus came and touched them.“Get up,” he said.“Do not be afraid.”

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    1Babylon is Destroyed After these things I saw another angel, who possessed great authority, coming down out of heaven, and the earth was lit up by his radiance.

  • Matt 2:13
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    13The Escape to Egypt After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said,“Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him.”

  • Judg 6:12
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    12The LORD’s angel appeared and said to him,“The LORD is with you, courageous warrior!”

  • Luke 1:35
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    35The angel replied,“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God.

  • Matt 1:23
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    23“Look! The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will name him Emmanuel,” which means“God with us.”

  • Luke 1:79
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    79to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

  • Judg 6:22
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    22When Gideon realized that it was the LORD’s angel, he said,“Oh no! Sovereign LORD! I have seen the LORD’s angel face to face!”

  • Matt 2:19
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    19The Return to Nazareth After Herod had died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt

  • Luke 9:34
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    34As he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

  • Ps 48:5
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    5As soon as they see, they are shocked; they are terrified, they quickly retreat.

  • Luke 9:32
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    32Now Peter and those with him were quite sleepy, but as they became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.

  • Zech 1:10
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    10Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said,“These are the ones whom the LORD has sent to walk about on the earth.”