One of the most well-known parts of Luke’s description of Jesus’ birth occurs when an angel appears to shepherds who are guarding their flocks at night and says, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news  that will cause great joy for all the people. “

Here in the Greek of Luke 2:10, it literally says, “I evangelize to you great joy for all the people.”  In fact, our word for “evangelical” Christian comes straight from this Greek verb which means to “share good news.”