And the angel said to them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
And the angel said to them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
And the angel said unto them, Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people:
And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people:
And the angel said to them, Fear not: for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people.
The angel said to them, "Don't be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.
And the angel said unto them, Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people:
Behold, I bring you good tidings - I am not come to declare the judgments of the Lord, but his merciful loving-kindness, the subject being a matter of great joy. He then declares his message. Unto you - to the Jews first, and then to the human race. Some modern MSS. with the utmost impropriety read ἡμιν, us, as if angels were included in this glorious work of redemption; but St. Paul says, he took not upon him the nature of angels, but the seed of Abraham, i.e. the nature of Abraham and his posterity, the human nature; therefore the good news is to you, - and not to yourselves exclusively, for it is to all people, to all the inhabitants of this land, and to the inhabitants of the whole earth.