Lukas 12:8-9

12:8 “I ¹  tell you, whoever acknowledges ²  me before men, ³  the Son of Man will also acknowledge ⁴  before God’s angels. 12:9 But the one who denies me before men will be denied before God’s angels.

Lukas 15:10

15:10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels ⁵  over one sinner who repents.”

Lukas 20:36

20:36 In fact, they can no longer die, because they are equal to angels ⁶  and are sons of God, since they are ⁷  sons ⁸  of the resurrection.

[12:8]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[12:8]  ² tn Or “confesses.”

[12:8]  ³ tn Although this is a generic reference and includes both males and females, in this context “men” has been retained because of the wordplay with the Son of Man and the contrast with the angels. The same is true of the occurrence of “men” in v. 9.

[12:8]  ⁴ sn This acknowledgment will take place at the judgment. Of course, the Son of Man is a reference to Jesus as it has been throughout the Gospel. On Jesus and judgment, see 22:69; Acts 10:42-43; 17:31.

[15:10]  ⁵ sn The whole of heaven is said to rejoice. Joy in the presence of God’s angels is a way of referring to God’s joy as well without having to name him explicitly. Contemporary Judaism tended to refer to God indirectly where possible out of reverence or respect for the divine name.

[20:36]  ⁶ sn Angels do not die, nor do they eat according to Jewish tradition (1 En. 15:6; 51:4; Wis 5:5; 2 Bar. 51:10; 1QH 3.21-23).

[20:36]  ⁷ tn Grk “sons of God, being.” The participle ὄντες (ontes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle here.

[20:36]  ⁸ tn Or “people.” The noun υἱός (Juios) followed by the genitive of class or kind (“sons of…”) denotes a person of a class or kind, specified by the following genitive construction. This Semitic idiom is frequent in the NT (L&N 9.4).