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It was Michael who reminded Ahasuerus that he was Mordecai's debtor; [162] and there is a legend that Michael appeared to the high priest Hyrcanus, promising him assistance. [163] According to Legends of the Jews, archangel Michael was the chief of a band of angels who questioned God's decision to create man on Earth. The entire band of angels ...
This chapter contains the writer's vision of "the Four Angels of the Four Winds", the sealing of the 144,000 and the "Praise of the Great Multitude of the Redeemed". [5] The passage in this chapter is 'an intercalation in the numbered series of seven'. [6]
The text depicts the angel as an exalted figure and thus prompting great importance. [2] The other gospels have a more muted description of the angel: Mark 16:5 and John 20:12 refer to a figure clad in white, while Luke 24:4 in the Revised Standard Version and some other translations describes the clothes as "dazzling", perhaps combining the ...
And suddenly there was with the angel With "And suddenly there was with the angel", the soprano continues to tell of the arrival of "a multitude of the heav'nly host". Singing more fourths and rests on "And suddenly" and "praising God", the music is supported by an even more vibrant accompaniment of the violins.
There are many parallels in this verse to earlier events in Matthew. "Angels of the Lord" play an important role in the infancy narrative, appearing at Matthew 1:20, 1:24, 2:13 and 2:19. [3] That an angel appears again at the end of the story links it back to the opening chapters. [4] "
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Boring notes that "do not be afraid" is a standard angelic opening line in the Bible, which also appears in Genesis 21:17, Matthew 28:5, Luke 1:13, Luke 1:30, and Revelation 1:17. [ 7 ] The same note about the use of the term Holy Spirit applies here as in verse 18 .
After this, a great many more angels appear, praising God with the words "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests." [ 2 ] Deciding to do as the angel had said, the shepherds travel to Bethlehem, and find Mary and Joseph and the infant Jesus lying in the manger , just as they had been told.