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de is a particle that marks the flow or emphasis of a clause in the supplied Scripture passages.
The supplied passages show a particle used within clauses to mark their flow or emphasis: it occurs in a conclusion about glorifying God, reported speech, a proposed visit, the shepherds’ response, and the description of fruitful hearing.
Senses in use
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Clause-level particle marking discourse flow · dominant
Each occurrence is tagged simply as a Particle, without inflectional features. In 1 Corinthians 6:20 it stands in the clause following the statement that believers were bought with a price; in Acts 13:2, Acts 15:36, and Luke 2:15 it occurs in reported speech or response, while Matthew 13:23 places it in the description of the hearer who bears fruit.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB may reflect the particle through connective or emphatic wording, such as “therefore” in 1 Corinthians 6:20 and “indeed” in Matthew 13:23 and may absorb the particle elsewhere.