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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

主的一位使者站在他們旁邊，主的榮光四面照著他們，他們就非常害怕。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
有 主 的 使 者 站 在 他 们 旁 边 ， 主 的 荣 光 四 面 照 着 他 们 ； 牧 羊 的 人 就 甚 惧 怕 。

Contextual Overview

⁸ That night, some shepherds were in the fields nearby watching their sheep. ⁹ Then an angel of the Lord stood before them. The glory of the Lord was shining around them, and they became very frightened. ¹⁰ The angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I am bringing you good news that will be a great joy to all the people. ¹¹ Today your Savior was born in the town of David. He is Christ, the Lord. ¹² This is how you will know him: You will find a baby wrapped in pieces of cloth and lying in a feeding box." ¹³ Then a very large group of angels from heaven joined the first angel, praising God and saying: ¹⁴ "Give glory to God in heaven, and on earth let there be peace among the people who please God." ¹⁵ When the angels left them and went back to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, "Let's go to Bethlehem. Let's see this thing that has happened which the Lord has told us about." ¹⁶ So the shepherds went quickly and found Mary and Joseph and the baby, who was lying in a feeding trough. ¹⁷ When they had seen him, they told what the angels had said about this child.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

lo: Luke 1:11, Luke 1:28, Judges 6:11, Judges 6:12, Matthew 1:20, Acts 27:23, 1 Timothy 3:16

and the: Exodus 16:7, Exodus 16:10, Exodus 40:34, Exodus 40:35, 1 Kings 8:11, Isaiah 6:3, Isaiah 35:2, Isaiah 40:5, Isaiah 60:1, Ezekiel 3:23, John 12:41, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Revelation 18:1

and they: Luke 1:12, Isaiah 6:4, Isaiah 6:5, Acts 22:6-9, Acts 26:13, Acts 26:14, Hebrews 12:21, Revelation 20:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 28:17 - he was John 1:51 - and the Hebrews 1:6 - And let Hebrews 1:14 - ministering

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the east, in a place called Eden, and put the man he had formed into it.

Genesis 2:9
The Lord God caused every beautiful tree and every tree that was good for food to grow out of the ground. In the middle of the garden, God put the tree that gives life and also the tree that gives the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:17
but you must not eat the fruit from the tree which gives the knowledge of good and evil. If you ever eat fruit from that tree, you will die!"

Genesis 3:3
But God told us, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not even touch it, or you will die.'"

Deuteronomy 6:25
The right thing for us to do is this: Obey all these rules in the presence of the Lord our God, as he has commanded."

Proverbs 3:18
As a tree produces fruit, wisdom gives life to those who use it, and everyone who uses it will be happy.

Proverbs 11:30
A good person gives life to others; the wise person teaches others how to live.

Isaiah 44:25
I show that the signs of the lying prophets are false; I make fools of those who do magic. I confuse even the wise; they think they know much, but I make them look foolish.

Isaiah 47:10
You do evil things, but you feel safe and say, ‘No one sees what I do.' Your wisdom and knowledge have fooled you. You say to yourself, ‘I am God, and no one is equal to me.'

Ezekiel 31:16
I made the nations shake with fear at the sound of the tree falling when I brought it down to the place of the dead. It went to join those who have gone down to the grave. Then all the trees of Eden and the best trees of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were comforted in the place of the dead below the earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And lo, the angel of the Lord,.... It may be Gabriel, who had brought the tidings of the conception of the Messiah to the virgin, and now the birth of him to the shepherds:

came upon them; on a sudden, unexpectedly, at once, and stood by them, as some versions read; or rather, stood over them, over their heads, just above them; so that he was easily and perfectly seen by them;

and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; or a very glorious and extraordinary light shone with surprising lustre and brightness all around them; by which light, they could discern the illustrious form of the angel that was over them:

and they were sore afraid; at the sight of such a personage, and at such unusual light and glory about them: they were not used to such appearances, and were awed with the majesty of God, of which these were symbols, and were conscious to themselves of their own sinfulness and frailty.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The glory of the Lord - This is the same as a “great” glory - that is, a splendid appearance or “light.” The word “glory” is often the same as light, 1 Corinthians 15:41; Luke 9:31; Acts 22:11. The words “Lord” and “God” are often used to denote “greatness” or “intensity.” Thus, “trees of God” mean great trees; “hills of God,” high or lofty hills, etc. So “the glory of the Lord” here means an exceedingly great or bright luminous appearance perhaps not unlike what Paul saw on the way to Damascus.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 2:9. The angel of the Lord came upon them — Or, stood over them, επεστη. It is likely that the angel appeared in the air at some little distance above them, and that from him the rays of the glory of the Lord shone round about them, as the rays of light are protected from the sun.

They were sore afraid. — Terrified with the appearance of so glorious a being, and probably fearing that he was a messenger of justice, coming to denounce Divine judgments, or punish them immediately, for sins with which their consciences would not fail, on such an occasion, to reproach them.