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.

Cross References

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.

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.

Acts 5:19

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

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.