Luke 2:10 (DRB)

Passage

And the angel said to them: Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy that shall be to all the people:

Nearby Context

Luke 2:8 And there were in the same country shepherds watching and keeping the night watches over their flock.

Luke 2:9 And behold an angel of the Lord stood by them and the brightness of God shone round about them: and they feared with a great fear.

Luke 2:10 And the angel said to them: Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy that shall be to all the people:

Luke 2:11 For, this day is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David.

Luke 2:12 And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "angel", "said", "fear", "behold", "bring", "good", "tidings", and "great". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "angel" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And behold an angel of the Lord..." into verse 11's "For this day is born to you...", so "angel" and "said" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "angel" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.