Luke 1:19

1:19 The ¹  angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands ²  in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring ³  you this good news.

Luke 8:1

Jesus’ Ministry and the Help of Women

8:1 Some time ⁴  afterward ⁵  he went on through towns ⁶  and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news ⁷  of the kingdom of God. ⁸  The ⁹  twelve were with him,

Isaiah 40:9

40:9 Go up on a high mountain, O herald Zion!

Shout out loudly, O herald Jerusalem! ¹⁰ 

Shout, don’t be afraid!

Say to the towns of Judah,

“Here is your God!”

Isaiah 41:27

41:27 I first decreed to Zion, ‘Look, here’s what will happen!’ ¹¹ 

I sent a herald to Jerusalem. ¹² 

Isaiah 52:7

52:7 How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains ¹³ 

the feet of a messenger who announces peace,

a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance,

who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!” ¹⁴ 

Isaiah 61:1

The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People

61:1 The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me,

because the Lord has chosen ¹⁵  me. ¹⁶ 

He has commissioned ¹⁷  me to encourage ¹⁸  the poor,

to help ¹⁹  the brokenhearted,

to decree the release of captives,

and the freeing of prisoners,

Acts 13:32

13:32 And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors, ²⁰ 

Romans 10:15

10:15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How timely ²¹  is the arrival ²²  of those who proclaim the good news.” ²³ 

[1:19]  ¹ tn Grk “And the.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[1:19]  ² tn Grk “the one who is standing before God.”

[1:19]  ³ tn Grk “to announce these things of good news to you.”

[8:1]  ⁴ tn Grk “And it happened that some time.” 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.

[8:1]  ⁵ tn Καθεξῆς (Kaqexh") is a general temporal term and need not mean “soon afterward”; see Luke 1:3; Acts 3:24; 11:4; 18:23 and L&N 61.1.

[8:1]  ⁶ tn Or “cities.”

[8:1]  ⁷ sn The combination of preaching and proclaiming the good news is a bit emphatic, stressing Jesus’ teaching ministry on the rule of God.

[8:1]  ⁸ sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus. It is a realm in which Jesus rules and to which those who trust him belong. See Luke 6:20; 11:20; 17:20-21.

[8:1]  ⁹ tn Grk “And the.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[40:9]  ¹⁰ tn The second feminine singular imperatives are addressed to personified Zion/Jerusalem, who is here told to ascend a high hill and proclaim the good news of the Lord’s return to the other towns of Judah. Isa 41:27 and 52:7 speak of a herald sent to Zion, but the masculine singular form מְבַשֵּׂר (mÿvaser) is used in these verses, in contrast to the feminine singular form מְבַשֶּׂרֶת (mÿvaseret) employed in 40:9, where Zion is addressed as a herald.

[41:27]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew text reads simply, “First to Zion, ‘Look here they are!’” The words “I decreed” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[41:27]  ¹² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[52:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “How delightful on the mountains.”

[52:7]  ¹⁴ tn Or “has become king.” When a new king was enthroned, his followers would give this shout. For other examples of this enthronement formula (Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular מָלַךְ [malakh], followed by the name of the king), see 2 Sam 15:10; 1 Kgs 1:11, 13, 18; 2 Kgs 9:13. The Lord is an eternal king, but here he is pictured as a victorious warrior who establishes his rule from Zion.

[61:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “anointed,” i.e., designated to carry out an assigned task.

[61:1]  ¹⁶ sn The speaker is not identified, but he is distinct from the Lord and from Zion’s suffering people. He possesses the divine spirit, is God’s spokesman, and is sent to release prisoners from bondage. The evidence suggests he is the Lord’s special servant, described earlier in the servant songs (see 42:1-4, 7; 49:2, 9; 50:4; see also 51:16).

[61:1]  ¹⁷ tn Or “sent” (NAB); NCV “has appointed me.”

[61:1]  ¹⁸ tn Or “proclaim good news to.”

[61:1]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “to bind up [the wounds of].”

[13:32]  ²⁰ tn Or “to our forefathers”; Grk “the fathers.”

[10:15]  ²¹ tn The word in this context seems to mean “coming at the right or opportune time” (see BDAG 1103 s.v. ὡραῖος 1); it may also mean “beautiful, attractive, welcome.”

[10:15]  ²² tn Grk “the feet.” The metaphorical nuance of “beautiful feet” is that such represent timely news.

[10:15]  ²³ sn A quotation from Isa 52:7; Nah 1:15.