2. And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord
standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him,
and fear fell upon him. But the angel said to him,
“Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has
been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a
son, and you shall call his name John. And you will
have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his
birth, for he will be great before the Lord. And he
must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be
filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother‟s
womb. And he will turn many of the children of
Israel to the Lord their God,
3. and he will go before him in the spirit and power
of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the
children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the
just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”
And Zechariah said to the angel, “How shall I
know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is
advanced in years.” And the angel answered him,
“I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I
was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good
news. And behold, you will be silent and unable to
speak until the day that these things take place,
because you did not believe my words, which will
be fulfilled in their time.”
-Luke 1:11-20
4. In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from
God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin
betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the
house of David. And the virgin‟s name was Mary.
And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored
one, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly
troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what
sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to
her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found
favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in
your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his
name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the
Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give
to him the throne of his father David,
5. and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever,
and of his kingdom there will be no end.” And
Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I
am a virgin?” And the angel answered her, “The
Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of
the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the
child to be born will be called holy—the Son of
God. And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old
age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth
month with her who was called barren. For
nothing will be impossible with God.” And Mary
said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be
to me according to your word.” And the angel
departed from her.
-Luke 1:26-38
6. But as he considered these things, behold, an angel
of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying,
“Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as
your wife, for that which is conceived in her is
from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you
shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people
from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what
the Lord had spoken by the prophet: “Behold, the
virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall
call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with
us). -Matthew1:20-23
7. And in the same region there were shepherds out
in the field, keeping watch over their flock by
night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them,
and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and
they were filled with fear. And the angel said to
them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news
of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto
you is born this day in the city of David a Savior,
who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for
you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling
cloths and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there
was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly
host praising God and saying,
8. “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth
peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
When the angels went away from them into
heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let
us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that
has happened, which the Lord has made known
to us.”
-Luke 2:8-15
9. Now when they had departed, behold, an angel
of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and
said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and
flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you,
for Herod is about to search for the child, to
destroy him.”
-Matthew 2:13
10. But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the
Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother and
go to the land of Israel, for those who sought
the child‟s life are dead.”
-Matthew 2:19-20
11. Max Lucado describes the process of
studying angels as “biblical whale-watching.”
He said, “Angels surface just long enough to
grant a glimpse and raise a question but then
disappear before we have a full view.”
12. “and they can no longer die; for they are like
the angels. They are God's children, since they
are children of the resurrection.”
-Luke 20:36
13. “What is man that you are mindful of him, the
son of man that you care for him? You made
him a little lower than the heavenly beings and
crowned him with glory and honor.”
-Psalm 8:4-5
14. And suddenly there was with the angel a
multitude of the heavenly host praising God
and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and
on earth peace among those with whom he is
pleased!“
-Luke 2:13, 14
16. “You alone are the Lord. You made the
heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their
starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the
seas and all that is in them. You give life to
everything, and the multitudes of heaven
worship you.”
-Nehemiah 9:6
17. “Where were you when I laid the earth's
foundation? Tell me, if you understand.
Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you
know! Who stretched a measuring line
across it? On what were its footings set, or
who laid its cornerstone- while the morning
stars sang together and all the angels
shouted for joy?”
-Job 38:4-7
18. “All the angels were standing around the
throne and around the elders and the four
living creatures. They fell down on their
faces before the throne and worshiped God,
saying: „Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom
and thanks and honor and power and
strength be to our God for ever and ever.
Amen!‟”
-Revelation 7:11
20. “Praise the LORD, you his angels, you mighty
ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.
Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts, you
his servants who do his will.”
-Psalms 103:20-21
21. “Are not all angels ministering spirits sent
to serve those who will inherit salvation?”
-Hebrews 1:14
22. “Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so
doing some people have entertained angels
without knowing it.”
-Hebrews 13:2
23. “The angel of the LORD encamps around
those who fear him, and he delivers them.”
-Psalms 34:7
“For he will command his angels concerning
you to guard you in all your ways.”
-Psalms 91:11
25. “Then I looked and heard the voice of many
angels, numbering thousands upon thousands,
and ten thousand times ten thousand. They
encircled the throne and the living creatures and
the elders. In a loud voice they sang: „Worthy is
the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and
wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and
glory and praise!‟”
-Revelation 5:11-12
26. “And there was war in heaven. Michael and his
angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon
and his angels fought back. But he was not strong
enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The
great dragon was hurled down—that ancient
serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the
whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth,
and his angels with him.”
Revelation 12:7-9
