An Angel Speaks to Joseph in a Dream
4 BC traditional (Jones)
- Passage
- Matt 1:19-25
- Person
- Joseph
- Before
- John's birth predicted
- After
- The Annuciation
Participants
Taking part, as Theographic records them, most often named first.
Every verse
All 7 verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
Matthew7 verses
- 1:19
Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.
- 1:20
But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
- 1:21
She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
- 1:22
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
- 1:23
“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
- 1:24
When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and embraced Mary as his wife.
- 1:25
But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.