Luke 2:9 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁹And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

Luke 2:9 —

Old words in this verse

sore: — greatly, very (as in "sore afraid").

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 60:1
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
1 Kings 8:11
So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
Revelation 18:1
And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
Acts 27:23
For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

Topics

Cloud Jesus, the Christ

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 8-20)

The meanest circumstances of Christ’s humiliation were all along attended with some discoveries of his glory, to balance them, and take off the offence of them; for even when he humbled himself God did in some measure exalt him and give him earnests of his future exaltation. When we saw him wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger, we were tempted to say, “Surely this cannot be the Son of…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 9)

9. glory of the Lord--“the brightness or glory which is represented as encompassing all heavenly visions” [Olshausen]. sore afraid--So it ever was (Da 10:7, 8; Lu 1:12; Re 1:17). Men have never felt easy with the invisible world laid suddenly open to their gaze. It was never meant to be permanent; a momentary purpose was all it was intended to serve.