Luke 1:14

1:14 Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,

Luke 1:58

1:58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.


tn Grk “This will be joy and gladness.”

tn Or “because of.”

tn “At his birth” is more precise as the grammatical subject (1:58), though “at his coming” is a possible force, since it is his mission, as the following verses note, that will really bring joy.

tn Grk “And her.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

tn Grk “had magnified his mercy with her.”

tn The verb συνέχαιρον (sunecairon) is an imperfect and could be translated as an ingressive force, “they began to rejoice.”