Matthew 1:24

Joseph woke up and did what the angel of the Lord told him to do.

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In The King James Version

Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:

In Context

23“A virgin will become pregnant, and will give birth to a son. They will call him Immanuel,” which means “God with us.”)

25Joseph married Mary, but did not sleep with her until after she had given birth to a son, whom he named Jesus.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:22Noah did exactly what God ordered him to do.

Genesis 22:2God told him, “Go with your son, your only son, the one you love, to the land of Moriah and sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I'll tell you about.”

Exodus 40:19Then he spread the tent over the Tabernacle and placed the covering over the tent, as the Lord had ordered him to do.

Exodus 40:27and he burned aromatic incense on it, as the Lord had ordered him to do.

2 Kings 5:11But Naaman got angry and left, saying, “I expected he would at least come out, stand there and invoke the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over where my leprosy is and heal it.

John 15:14You're my friends if you do what I tell you.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 1:19-25

The Birth of Christ. 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. 20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is… Read the whole commentary →

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