Matthew 1:24

When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had directed him.

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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‘The virgin will conceive and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel’ – a word which means ‘God is with us.’

25He made Mary his wife, but they did not sleep together before the birth of her son; and to this son he gave the name Jesus.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:22Noah did all this. He did everything that God told him to.

Genesis 22:2The Lord said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt-offering on one of the mountains which I will show you.”

John 15:14And you are my friends, if you do what I command 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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