Luke 15:10

15:10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels 1  over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 16:22

16:22 “Now 2  the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. 3  The 4  rich man also died and was buried. 5 

Luke 20:36

20:36 In fact, they can no longer die, because they are equal to angels 6  and are sons of God, since they are 7  sons 8  of the resurrection.

Luke 24:23

24:23 and when they did not find his body, they came back and said they had seen a vision of angels, 9  who said he was alive.

1 sn The whole of heaven is said to rejoice. Joy in the presence of God’s angels is a way of referring to God’s joy as well without having to name him explicitly. Contemporary Judaism tended to refer to God indirectly where possible out of reverence or respect for the divine name.

2 tn Grk “Now it happened that the.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

3 tn Grk “to Abraham’s bosom.” The phrase “carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom” describes being gathered to the fathers and is a way to refer to heaven (Gen 15:15; 47:30; Deut 31:16).

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

5 sn The shorter description suggests a different fate, which is confirmed in the following verses.

6 sn Angels do not die, nor do they eat according to Jewish tradition (1 En. 15:6; 51:4; Wis 5:5; 2 Bar. 51:10; 1QH 3.21-23).

7 tn Grk “sons of God, being.” The participle ὄντες (ontes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle here.

8 tn Or “people.” The noun υἱός (Juios) followed by the genitive of class or kind (“sons of…”) denotes a person of a class or kind, specified by the following genitive construction. This Semitic idiom is frequent in the NT (L&N 9.4).

9 sn The men in dazzling attire mentioned in v. 4 are identified as angels here.