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 9:32

9:32 Now Peter and those with him were quite sleepy, ⁵  but as they became fully awake, ⁶  they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.

Luke 12:27

12:27 Consider how the flowers ⁷  grow; they do not work ⁸  or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!

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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 “weighed down with sleep” (an idiom).

⁶ tn Or “after they became fully awake,” “but they became fully awake and saw.”

⁷ tn Traditionally, “lilies.” According to L&N 3.32, “Though traditionally κρίνον has been regarded as a type of lily, scholars have suggested several other possible types of flowers, including an anemone, a poppy, a gladiolus, and a rather inconspicuous type of daisy.” In view of the uncertainty, the more generic “flowers” has been used in the translation.

⁸ tn Traditionally, “toil.” Although it might be argued that “work hard” would be a more precise translation of κοπιάω (kopiaw) here, the line in English scans better in terms of cadence with a single syllable.