Matthew 1:24 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Then Joseph woke up from his sleep and did what the angel of the Lord commanded him and took Mary to be his wife.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then Joseph, being aroused from his sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him: he took [her to his side as] his wife.

American Standard Version (1901)

And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took unto him his wife;

Common English Bible

When Joseph woke up, he did just as an angel from God commanded and took Mary as his wife.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then Joseph, arising from sleep, did just as the Angel of the Lord had instructed him, and he accepted her as his wife.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Joseph rising up from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took unto him his wife.

Matthew 1:24 Cross References

Matthew 1:23

“Look, the virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and they will name Him Immanuel,” which means “God with us.”

Matthew 1:25

[But] he did not have sexual relations with her until [after] she had a son, whom he named Jesus.

John 15:14

I do not call you slaves anymore, for a slave does not know what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have told you everything that I heard from my Father.

Acts 12:7

[Then it happened]: [Suddenly] an angel from the Lord stood beside Peter as a light shone into his cell. [The angel] gently struck his side, waking him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” His chains fell from his hands.

Acts 5:19

But an angel from the Lord one night [miraculously] opened the jail doors and released them, saying,