Luke 2:9
Good News Translation
An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone over them. They were terribly afraid,

New Revised Standard Version
Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

Contemporary English Version
All at once an angel came down to them from the Lord, and the brightness of the Lord's glory flashed around them. The shepherds were frightened.

New American Bible
The angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were struck with great fear.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And behold an angel of the Lord stood by them and the brightness of God shone round about them: and they feared with a great fear.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And behold an angel of the Lord stood by them and the brightness of God shone round about them: and they feared with a great fear.

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Luke 1:11,28 And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. . . .

Judges 6:11,12 And an angel of the Lord came, and sat under an oak that was in Ephra, and belonged to Joas, the father of the family of Ezri. And when Gedeon, his son, was threshing and cleansing wheat by the winepress, to flee from Madian, . . .

Matthew 1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost.

Acts 27:23 For an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood by me this night,

1 Timothy 3:16 And evidently great is the mystery of godliness, which was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, appeared unto angels, hath been preached unto the Gentiles, is believed in the world, is taken up in glory.

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Exodus 16:7,10 And in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord: for he hath heard your murmuring against the Lord: but as for us, what are we, that you mutter against us? . . .

Exodus 40:34,35 The cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the Lord filled it. . . .

1 Kings 8:11 And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.

Isaiah 6:3 And they cried one to another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God of hosts, all the earth is full of his glory,

Isaiah 35:2 It shall bud forth and blossom, and shall rejoice with joy and praise: the glory of Libanus is given to it: the beauty of Carmel, and Saron, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the beauty of our God.

Isaiah 40:5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh together shall see, that the mouth of the Lord hath spoken.

Isaiah 60:1 Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

Ezekiel 3:23 And I rose up, and went forth into the plain: and behold the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chobar: and I fell upon my face.

John 12:41 These things said Isaias, when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.

2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, beholding the glory of the Lord with open face, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Christ Jesus.

Revelation 18:1 And after these things, I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power: and the earth was enlightened with his glory.

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Luke 1:12 And Zachary seeing him, was troubled: and fear fell upon him.

Isaiah 6:4,5 And the lintels of the doors were moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. . . .

Acts 22:6-9 And it came to pass, as I was going and drawing nigh to Damascus, at mid-day, that suddenly from heaven there shone round about me a great light: . . .

Acts 26:13,14 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that were in company with me. . . .

Hebrews 12:21 And so terrible was that which was seen, Moses said: I am frighted, and tremble.

Revelation 20:11 And I saw a great white throne and one sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away: and there was no place found for them

Context
The Shepherds and the Angels
8And there were in the same country shepherds watching and keeping the night watches over their flock. 9And behold an angel of the Lord stood by them and the brightness of God shone round about them: and they feared with a great fear. 10And the angel said to them: Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy that shall be to all the people:…
Cross References
Luke 1:11
And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

Luke 1:12
And Zachary seeing him, was troubled: and fear fell upon him.

Luke 2:8
And there were in the same country shepherds watching and keeping the night watches over their flock.

Luke 24:4
And it came to pass, as they were astonished in their mind at this, behold, two men stood by them, in shining apparel.

Acts 5:19
But an angel of the Lord by night, opening the doors of the prison and leading them out, said:

Acts 12:7
And behold an angel of the Lord stood by him and a light shined in the room. And he, striking Peter on the side, raised him up, saying: Arise quickly. And the chains fell off from his hands.

Luke 2:8
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