Discovery BoxLuke 2:15 
Context2:15 When 1 the angels left them and went back to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem 2 and see this thing that has taken place, that the Lord 3 has made known to us.”
Luke 16:26
Context16:26 Besides all this, 4 a great chasm 5 has been fixed between us, 6 so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’
1 tn Grk “And it happened that when.” 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. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
2 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
3 sn Note how although angels delivered the message, it was the Lord whose message is made known, coming through them.
4 tn Grk “And in all these things.” There is no way Lazarus could carry out this request even if divine justice were not involved.
5 sn The great chasm between heaven and hell is impassable forever. The rich man’s former status meant nothing now.
6 tn Grk “between us and you.”
