Luke 2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, 1. They knew, in the first place, the glory and greatness of that Being who was cradled in the manger. 2. The angels knew the sinfulness and misery from which the Saviour came to rescue fallen man, as we have never known them. 3. These visitants, again, knew, as we do not, the happiness of that state to which Christ's mission would raise us. We have seen, then, that angels praised God with such lively fervours, because they had so much clearer views than we of what Christ came to accomplish, when He was born at Bethlehem. (W. N. Lewis, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,WEB: Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God, and saying, |
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