Angel (a spirit)

How Nave’s arranged it

• A CELESTIAL SPIRIT
• Called ANGEL OF THE LORDMatthew 1:20Matthew 1:24Matthew 2:13Matthew 2:19Matthew 28:2Luke 1:11Acts 5:19Acts 7:30Acts 7:35Acts 8:26Acts 12:7Acts 12:23
• Called MORNING STARSJob 38:7
• HostsGenesis 2:1Genesis 32:2Joshua 5:141 Chronicles 12:22Psalms 33:6Psalms 103:21Luke 2:13
• Called PRINCIPALITIES, POWERSEphesians 3:10Colossians 1:16
• CreatedGenesis 2:1Nehemiah 9:6Colossians 1:16
• Of different orders Jude 1:9Isaiah 6:21 Thessalonians 4:161 Peter 3:22Revelation 12:7
• ImmortalLuke 20:36
• Worship GodNehemiah 9:6Philippians 2:9–11Hebrews 1:6
• Not to be worshipedColossians 2:18Revelation 19:10Revelation 22:8Revelation 22:9
• Do not marryMatthew 22:30Mark 12:25Luke 20:35
• Are obedient Jude 1:6Psalms 103:20Matthew 6:10Luke 11:21 Peter 3:222 Peter 2:11

The passages, in Bible order (218)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 2:1

   Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 2:11 voice

   “Further, He says to them, "Your new moons and your Sabbath I cannot endure." Ye perceive how He speaks: Your present Sabbaths are not acceptable to Me, but that is which I have made, [namely this,] when, giving rest to all things, I shall make …

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2. Genesis 3:24

   So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 3:241 voice

   “(Verse 24.) And Adam was cast out, and he made him dwell opposite the paradise of pleasure. And he established Cherubim and a flaming sword, which turned to guard the way to the tree of life. There is much more meaning in the Hebrew than is understood here. For it says: And Adam was cast out, no doubt by the Lord: And he made him dwell before the paradise of pleasure, Cherubim, and a flaming sword, which turned, and guarded the way to the tree of life.

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3. Genesis 16:7

   Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 16:71 voice

   “(Verse 7) And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the desert, by the fountain on the way to Shur. Then the Egyptian woman hurriedly went on the way to Shur, which leads through the desert to Egypt.

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4. Genesis 18:2

   And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 18:22 voices

   “[Daniel 8:15] "And it came to pass that when I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it." He beheld the vision by way of a picture or likeness, and he failed to understand it. Consequently, not everyone who sees comprehends what he has seen; it is just as if we read the Holy Scripture with our eyes and do not understand it with our heart, "...And behold, one stood before me who resembled the appearance of a man." Angels, after all, are not actually men by nature, but they resemble men in appearance.

   “Hospitality is good, it has its reward, first the gratitude of man, and then, what is greater, the reward of God. We are all guests in this abode; for a time we have a place to stay: we are emigrating soon. Let us beware that if we have been harsh or negligent in receiving guests, even the holy hostels may be denied to us after the course of this life. Hence in the Gospel the Savior says: Make friends for yourselves with unjust wealth, so that they may receive you into eternal dwellings.

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5. Genesis 19:1–25

   Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,

   ›Commentary on Genesis 19:1–251 voice

   “Lot was not inside Sodom "but at the gate." I might have said, just as Abraham was sitting outside his tent, out of hospitality, even at an inconvenient time (for it was the middle of the day) on the lookout for travelers, so his relative and the imitator of his morality "was sitting at the gate" ready to invite those passing through the land, even though evening had now come. For he surely knew the impiety of the Sodomites and that there was no rest for the stranger in that place.

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6. Genesis 22:11–18

   Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 22:11–181 voice

   “And the Angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven,....

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7. Genesis 24:7

   The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 24:71 voice

   “The Lord God of heaven, which took from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred,....

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8. Genesis 24:40

   And he told me, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.

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9. Genesis 28:12

   And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 28:121 voice

   “Jacob set out and slept—evidence of tranquility of spirit—and saw angels of God ascending and descending. This means he foresaw Christ on earth; the band of angels was descending to Christ and ascending to him, so as to render service to their rightful master in loving servitude.

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10. Genesis 32:2

    When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

    ›Commentary on Genesis 32:22 voices

    “(Chapter XXXII.—Verse 1 and 2.) And the angels of God met him, and when Jacob saw them, he said: These are the camps of God, and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. Where these camps were placed, in Hebrew it means Mahanaim (); so that we may know, if it is ever mentioned in another place without interpretation, what place it signifies. And beautifully, as he goes to meet his enemy brother, he is received by choirs of accompanying angels.

    “(Chapter XXXII, Verse 2) And Sara died in the city of Arboc, which is in the valley: this is Chebron, in the land of Canaan. This that is placed here, which is in the valley, is not found in authentic codices. The name of the city Arboc has also gradually been corrupted by scribes and readers. For it should not be assumed that the Seventy Interpreters translated the name of the Hebrew city in a barbaric and corrupted manner, differently than it is said in its own language. Indeed, 'Arboc' signifies nothing at all.

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11. Exodus 3:2

    There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.

    ›Commentary on Exodus 3:21 voice

    “When the almighty Lord of the universe began to legislate through the Word and decided to make his power visible to Moses, he sent Moses a divine vision with the appearance of light, in the burning bush. Now a bramble bush is full of thorns. So too when the Word was concluding his legislation and his stay among men as their Lord, again he permitted himself to be crowned with thorns as a mystic symbol.

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12. Exodus 14:19

    And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,

    ›Commentary on Exodus 14:191 voice

    “And the Angel of God which went before the camp of Israel,....

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13. Exodus 23:20

    Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.

    ›Commentary on Exodus 23:201 voice

    For Joshua was to introduce the people into the land of promise, not Moses. Now he called him an angel on account of the magnitude of the mighty deeds which he was to achieve (which mighty deeds Joshua the son of Nun did, as you can yourselves read) and on account of his office of prophet announcing the divine will. Similarly the Spirit, speaking in the person of the Father, calls the forerunner of Christ, John, a future angel, through the prophet: "Behold, I send my angel before your"—that is, Christ's—"face, who shall prepare your way before you."

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14. Exodus 23:23

    For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.

    ›Commentary on Exodus 23:231 voice

    “For mine Angel shall go before thee,....

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15. Exodus 32:34

    Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”

    ›Commentary on Exodus 32:341 voice

    “In this passage, he teaches him the art of educating. And well he might, for it was through Moses, in fact, that the Lord of the ancient people was the educator of his children. It is in his own person, however, face to face, that he is the guide of the new people.

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16. Exodus 33:2

    And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

    ›Commentary on Exodus 33:21 voice

    “And I will send an angel before thee,....

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