Luke 2:9

2:9 An ¹  angel of the Lord ²  appeared to ³  them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were absolutely terrified. ⁴ 

Luke 2:23

2:23 (just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male ⁵  will be set apart to the Lord” ⁶ ),

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¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² tn Or “the angel of the Lord.” See the note on the word “Lord” in 1:11.

³ tn Or “stood in front of.”

⁴ tn Grk “they feared a great fear” (a Semitic idiom which intensifies the main idea, in this case their fear).

sn Terrified. See similar responses in Luke 1:12, 29.

⁵ tn Grk “every male that opens the womb” (an idiom for the firstborn male).

⁶ sn An allusion to Exod 13:2, 12, 15.