1 tn Grk “This will be joy and gladness.”
2 tn Or “because of.”
3 tn “At his birth” is more precise as the grammatical subject (1:58), though “at his coming” is a possible force, since it is his mission, as the following verses note, that will really bring joy.
4 tn Grk “And the.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
5 tn Grk “the one who is standing before God.”
6 tn Grk “to announce these things of good news to you.”