“And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.”
An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified — the angel of the Lord and the glory shining around them (perilampsasa, radiance surrounding) is the Shekinah theophany — the divine glory that appeared at Sinai and filled the tabernacle, now surrounding a group of night shepherds in a field. They were terrified (ephobethesan phobon megan, they feared with great fear): the double-fear construction communicates the intensity of the encounter.
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