Matthew 1:24 - Plain English Version

²⁴ Joseph woke up and did what God’s angel told him to do. He married Mary.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ 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

²⁴ 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)

²⁴ 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

²⁴ When Joseph woke up, he did just as an angel from God commanded and took Mary as his wife.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ Then Joseph, arising from sleep, did just as the Angel of the Lord had instructed him, and he accepted her as his wife.

Matthew 1:24 Cross References

Genesis 6:22

Then Noah did all of that. He did everything that God told him to do.

Genesis 7:5

So Noah did everything just the way God told him to.

Matthew 1:23

“There will be a young woman that never slept with a man, like a woman does with her husband, but she will have a baby boy. That boy will have a special name, Immanuel. That name means God is with us.”

Matthew 1:25

But he did not sleep with her, like a man does with his wife, until after her son was born. And he named the baby Jesus.

John 15:14

Well, if you do what I tell you to do, you are my friends. I love my friends a lot, and I am ready to die to save you.

Acts 12:7

Suddenly, there was a bright light in that little room in the jail, and one of God’s angel messengers came and stood in front of Peter. That angel touched his side to wake him up, and said, “Quick. Get up.” And the chains fell off Peter’s hands.

Acts 5:19

But that night, God sent an angel messenger to Jesus’s special workers, and he opened the jail doors and let them out.