Luke 2:13
New International Version
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

New Living Translation
Suddenly, the angel was joined by a vast host of others—the armies of heaven—praising God and saying,

English Standard Version
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

Berean Standard Bible
And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:

Berean Literal Bible
And suddenly there came with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:

King James Bible
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

New King James Version
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:

New American Standard Bible
And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army of angels praising God and saying,

NASB 1995
And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

NASB 1977
And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

Amplified Bible
Then suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host (angelic army) praising God and saying,

Christian Standard Bible
Suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying:

American Standard Version
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And suddenly, the great armies of Heaven appeared with the Angel, while shouting praises to God, and they were saying:

Contemporary English Version
Suddenly many other angels came down from heaven and joined in praising God. They said:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising God, and saying:

English Revised Version
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Suddenly, a large army of angels appeared with the angel. They were praising God by saying,

Good News Translation
Suddenly a great army of heaven's angels appeared with the angel, singing praises to God:

International Standard Version
Suddenly, a multitude of the Heavenly Army appeared with the angel, praising God by saying,

Literal Standard Version
And suddenly there came with the messenger a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying,

Majority Standard Bible
And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:

New American Bible
And suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying:

NET Bible
Suddenly a vast, heavenly army appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

New Revised Standard Version
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying,

New Heart English Bible
Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

Weymouth New Testament
And immediately there was with the angel a multitude of the army of Heaven praising God and saying,

World English Bible
Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God and saying,

Young's Literal Translation
And suddenly there came with the messenger a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying,

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Context
The Shepherds and the Angels
12And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 13And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying: 14“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”…

Cross References
Psalm 103:21
Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you servants who do His will.

Luke 2:12
And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger."

Luke 2:14
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!"

1 Timothy 3:16
By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.


Treasury of Scripture

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

a multitude.

Genesis 28:12
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

Genesis 32:1,2
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him…

1 Kings 22:19
And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

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Luke 2
1. Augustus taxes all the Roman empire.
6. The nativity of Jesus.
8. An angel relates it to the shepherds, and many sing praises to God for it.
15. The shepherds glorify God.
21. Jesus is circumcised.
22. Mary purified.
25. Simeon and Anna prophesy of Jesus,
39. who increases in wisdom,
41. questions in the temple with the teachers,
51. and is obedient to his parents.














(13) A multitude of the heavenly host.--The phrase, or its equivalent, "the host of heaven," is common in the later books of the Old Testament, but is there used as including the visible "hosts" of sun, moon, and stars, which were worshipped by Israel (Jeremiah 8:2; Jeremiah 19:13; 2Chronicles 33:3). In this sense we find it in St. Stephen's speech (Acts 7:42). Here it is obviously used of the angels of God as forming the armies of the great King. The great name of the Lord of Hosts, the Lord of Sabaoth, was probably intended to include both the seen and the unseen hosts, the stars in the firmament, and the angels in heaven. Its use in the New Testament is confined to these two passages. The Hebrew word is found, in Old Testament quotations, in Romans 9:29, James 5:4. . . . Verse 13. - With the angel a multitude of the heavenly host. "The troop of angels issues forth from the depths of that invisible world which surrounds us on every side" (Godet). One of the glorious titles by which the eternal King was known among the chosen people was "Lord of sabaoth," equivalent to "Lord of hosts." In several passages of the Scriptures is the enormous multitude of these heavenly beings noticed; for instance, Psalm 68:17, where the Hebrew is much more expressive than the English rendering; Daniel 7:10, "Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him" (see, too, the Targum of Palestine on Deuteronomy 33, "And with him ten thousand times ten thousand holy angels;" and "The crown of the Law is his [Moses'], because he brought it from the heavens above, when there was revealed to him the glory of the Lord's Shechinah, with two thousand myriads of angels, and forty and two thousand chariots of fire," etc.).

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Greek
And
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

suddenly
ἐξαίφνης (exaiphnēs)
Adverb
Strong's 1810: Suddenly, unexpectedly. From ek and the base of aiphnidios; of a sudden.

there appeared
ἐγένετο (egeneto)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

with
σὺν (syn)
Preposition
Strong's 4862: With. A primary preposition denoting union; with or together.

the
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

angel
ἀγγέλῳ (angelō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 32: From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor.

a great multitude
πλῆθος (plēthos)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4128: A multitude, crowd, great number, assemblage. From pletho; a fulness, i.e. A large number, throng, populace.

of [the] heavenly
οὐρανίου (ouraniou)
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3770: In heaven, belonging to heaven, heavenly, from heaven. From ouranos; celestial, i.e. Belonging to or coming from the sky.

host,
στρατιᾶς (stratias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 4756: Feminine of a derivative of stratos; camp-likeness, i.e. An army, i.e. the angels, the celestial luminaries.

praising
αἰνούντων (ainountōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 134: To praise. From ainos; to praise.

God
Θεὸν (Theon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

saying:
λεγόντων (legontōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.


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