# Where is “Glory to God in the highest” in the Bible?

> “Glory to God in the highest” is Luke 2:14.

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/glory-to-god-in-the-highest
By Andrew Kittridge · November 10, 2026

A crowd of angels says it to shepherds outside Bethlehem on the night Jesus is born.

## The verse

> All at once there was with the angel a vast crowd of heaven’s army, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people in whom he delights!”
>
> — [Luke 2:13-14](https://www.lumin.faith/read/luke/2#13) (Lumin Translation)

These exact words are in the Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible.

## What it means there

The song has two halves: glory to God in heaven, and peace on earth for people. The Latin for the first words, “Gloria in excelsis Deo,” gave its name to a hymn churches have sung for centuries.

## Common questions

### Where is “Glory to God in the highest” in the Bible?

“Glory to God in the highest” is Luke 2:14. These exact words are in the Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible. A crowd of angels says it to shepherds outside Bethlehem on the night Jesus is born.

### Is “Glory to God in the highest” in the Bible?

Yes. It is Luke 2:14. In the Lumin Translation, Luke 2:13-14 reads: “All at once there was with the angel a vast crowd of heaven’s army, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people in whom he delights!””

### Who said “Glory to God in the highest”?

A crowd of angels says it to shepherds outside Bethlehem on the night Jesus is born.

### What does “Glory to God in the highest” mean in the Bible?

The song has two halves: glory to God in heaven, and peace on earth for people. The Latin for the first words, “Gloria in excelsis Deo,” gave its name to a hymn churches have sung for centuries.

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