2:1–21 The birth of Jesus Chapter 2 completes the beginning of Luke’s Gospel with three divine declarations concerning the Son of Mary, first by an angel of the Lord (9), secondly by the old man Simeon (25) and thirdly by the ‘boy Jesus’ himself (43). The event of Jesus’ birth (1–7) is the greatest that ever took place and the turning point of history, but only because God revealed its meaning. The angel, a messenger of God, brings the good news (10), which is spread by the shepherds (17),