Luk 2:9-13, 22:43 | Barnes | STEP | Verse 9. The glory of the Lord . This is the same as a great glory--that is, a splendid appearance or light. The word glory is often the same as light, . The words Lord and God are often used to denote greatness or intensity . Thus, trees of God mean great trees; hills of God , high or lofty hills, &c. So the glory of the Lord here means an exceedingly great or bright luminous appearance--perhaps not unlike what Paul saw on the way to Damascus.

Luke 2:9-13

Verse 9. The glory of the Lord. This is the same as a great glory--that is, a splendid appearance or light. The word glory is often the same as light, 1Cor 15:41; Lk 9:31; Acts 22:11. The words Lord and God are often used to denote greatness or intensity. Thus, trees of God mean great trees; hills of God, high or lofty hills, &c. So the glory of the Lord here means an exceedingly great or bright luminous appearance--perhaps not unlike what Paul saw on the way to Damascus. Verse 10. No entry from BARNES for this verse. Verse 11. No entry from BARNES for this verse. Verse. 12. This shall be a sign, &c. The evidence by which you shall know the child is that you will find him wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. No entry from BARNES for this verse.

Luke 22:43

Verse 43. Strengthening him. His human nature, to sustain the great burden that was upon his soul. Some have supposed from this that he was not divine as well as human; for if he was God, how could an angel give any strength or comfort? and why did not the divine nature alone sustain the human? But the fact that he was divine does not affect the case at all. It might be asked with the same propriety, If he was, as all admit, the friend of God, and beloved of God, and holy, why, if he was a mere man, did not God sustain him alone, without an angel's intervening ? But the objection in neither case would have any force. The man, Christ Jesus, was suffering. His human nature was in agony, and it is the manner of God to sustain the afflicted by the intervention of others; nor was there any more unfitness in sustaining the human nature of his Son in this manner than any other sufferer.

(a) "angel" Mt 4:11