Luke 2:13

2:13 Suddenly ¹  a vast, heavenly army ²  appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

Luke 2:20

2:20 So ³  the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising ⁴  God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told. ⁵ 

Luke 19:37

19:37 As he approached the road leading down from ⁶  the Mount of Olives, ⁷  the whole crowd of his ⁸  disciples began to rejoice ⁹  and praise ¹⁰  God with a loud voice for all the mighty works ¹¹  they had seen: ¹² 

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

² tn Grk “a multitude of the armies of heaven.”

³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion of the topic.

⁴ sn The mention of glorifying and praising God is the second note of praise in this section; see Luke 2:13-14.

⁵ tn Grk “just as [it] had been spoken to them.” This has been simplified in the English translation by making the prepositional phrase (“to them”) the subject of the passive verb.

⁵ tn Grk “the descent of”; this could refer to either the slope of the hillside itself or the path leading down from it (the second option has been adopted for the translation, see L&N 15.109).

⁶ sn See the note on the name Mount of Olives in v. 29.

⁷ tn Grk “the”; the Greek article has been translated here as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

⁸ tn Here the participle χαίροντες (caironte") has been translated as a finite verb in English; it could also be translated adverbially as a participle of manner: “began to praise God joyfully.”

⁹ sn See 2:13, 20; Acts 2:47; 3:8-9.

¹⁰ tn Or “works of power,” “miracles.” Jesus’ ministry of miracles is what has drawn attention. See Luke 7:22.

¹¹ tn Grk “they had seen, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.