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New Living Translation

Matthew 1:24

When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (a Spirit);   Continence;   Faith;   Jesus, the Christ;   Joseph;   Miracles;   Obedience;   Thompson Chain Reference - Genealogies of Christ;   Joseph;   The Topic Concordance - Name;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Obedience to God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Betrothing;   Genealogy;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Dream;   Joseph the husband of mary;   Mary;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Body;   Virgin Birth;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Nativity of Christ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Mary;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Joseph;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Angel;   Annunciation;   Joseph;   Mary;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jesus Christ;   Mss;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Flight;   Genealogies of Jesus Christ;   Infancy;   Joseph (2);   Matthew, Gospel According to;   Myth;   Presentation ;   Sleep ;   Virgin Birth;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - God;   Joseph ;   Lord;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bid;   Joseph, Husband of Mary;   Master;   Virgin-Birth (of Jesus Christ);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When Joseph woke up, he did as the Lord’s angel had commanded him. He married her
King James Version (1611)
Then Ioseph, being raised from sleepe, did as the Angel of the Lord had bidden him, & tooke vnto him his wife:
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:
English Standard Version
When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife,
New American Standard Bible
And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife,
New Century Version
When Joseph woke up, he did what the Lord's angel had told him to do. Joseph took Mary as his wife,
Amplified Bible
Then Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and he took Mary [to his home] as his wife,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Ioseph, being raised from sleepe, did as the Angel of the Lorde had inioyned him, and tooke his wife.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife,
Legacy Standard Bible
And Joseph got up from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife,
Berean Standard Bible
When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and embraced Mary as his wife.
Contemporary English Version
After Joseph woke up, he and Mary were soon married, just as the Lord's angel had told him to do.
Complete Jewish Bible
When Yosef awoke he did what the angel of Adonai had told him to do — he took Miryam home to be his wife,
Darby Translation
But Joseph, having awoke up from his sleep, did as the angel of [the] Lord had enjoined him, and took to [him] his wife,
Easy-to-Read Version
When Joseph woke up, he did what the Lord's angel told him to do. He married Mary.
George Lamsa Translation
When Joseph rose up from his sleep, he did just as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and he took his wife.
Good News Translation
So when Joseph woke up, he married Mary, as the angel of the Lord had told him to.
Lexham English Bible
And Joseph, when he woke up from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and he took his wife
Literal Translation
And being aroused from sleep, Joseph did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife,
American Standard Version
And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took unto him his wife;
Bible in Basic English
And Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had said to him, and took her as his wife;
Hebrew Names Version
Yosef arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself;
International Standard Version
When Joseph got up from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary asMary as
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Etheridge Translation
Then Jauseph, when he had arisen from his sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took unto him his wife;
Murdock Translation
And when Joseph rose from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then Ioseph, being raysed fro slepe, dyd as the Angel of the Lorde had bidden hym, and he toke his wyfe:
English Revised Version
And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took unto him his wife;
World English Bible
Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself;
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
Weymouth's New Testament
When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded, and brought home his wife,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Joseph roos fro sleepe, and dide as the aungel of the Lord comaundide hym, and took Marie, his wijf;
Update Bible Version
When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took to him his wife:
New English Translation
When Joseph awoke from sleep he did what the angel of the Lord told him. He took his wife,
New King James Version
Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife,
New Life Bible
Joseph awoke from his sleep. He did what the angel of the Lord told him to do. He took Mary as his wife.
New Revised Standard
When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Joseph, awaking, from his sleep, did as the messenger of the Lord directed him, - and took unto him his wife;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Joseph rising up from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took unto him his wife.
Revised Standard Version
When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took his wife,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And Ioseph assone as he awoke out of slepe did as the angell of the Lorde bade hym and toke hys wyfe vnto hym
Young's Literal Translation
And Joseph, having risen from the sleep, did as the messenger of the Lord directed him, and received his wife,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now whan Ioseph awoke out of slepe he did as the angell of ye LORDE bade hym, and toke his wyfe vnto hym,
Mace New Testament (1729)
Then Joseph being awak'd out of sleep, did as the angel of the Lord directed, and took his wife home,
THE MESSAGE
Then Joseph woke up. He did exactly what God's angel commanded in the dream: He married Mary. But he did not consummate the marriage until she had the baby. He named the baby Jesus.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Joseph went and did just what that angel told him to and tied the knot with Mary.

Contextual Overview

18 This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit. 19 Joseph, to whom she was engaged, was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly. 20 As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. "Joseph, son of David," the angel said, "do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit. 21 And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." 22 All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord's message through his prophet: 23 "Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.'" 24 When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife. 25 But he did not have sexual relations with her until her son was born. And Joseph named him Jesus.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

did: Genesis 6:22, Genesis 7:5, Genesis 22:2, Genesis 22:3, Exodus 40:16, Exodus 40:19, Exodus 40:25, Exodus 40:27, Exodus 40:32, 2 Kings 5:11-14, John 2:5-8, John 15:14, Hebrews 11:7, Hebrews 11:8, Hebrews 11:24-31, James 2:21-26

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 22:24 - he hath humbled Matthew 2:14 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 1:9
Then God said, "Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear." And that is what happened.
Genesis 1:10
God called the dry ground "land" and the waters "seas." And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 6:20
Pairs of every kind of bird, and every kind of animal, and every kind of small animal that scurries along the ground, will come to you to be kept alive.
Genesis 7:14
With them in the boat were pairs of every kind of animal—domestic and wild, large and small—along with birds of every kind.
Genesis 8:19
And all of the large and small animals and birds came out of the boat, pair by pair.
Job 39:1
"Do you know when the wild goats give birth? Have you watched as deer are born in the wild?
Job 39:5
"Who gives the wild donkey its freedom? Who untied its ropes?
Job 39:9
"Will the wild ox consent to being tamed? Will it spend the night in your stall?
Job 39:19
"Have you given the horse its strength or clothed its neck with a flowing mane?
Job 40:15
"Take a look at Behemoth, which I made, just as I made you. It eats grass like an ox.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Joseph being raised from sleep,.... That is, being awaked out of sleep, του υπνου "that sleep", into which he either naturally fell, whilst he was meditating on the affair of Mary's being with child; or rather into which he was cast by the Lord, on purpose that he might have a revelation of the will of God to him in a dream; and rising up from his bed or place where he was, immediately and without any delay,

did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him; firmly believing that it was a messenger of God that was sent to him, and that this matter was of the Lord. Wherefore he

took unto him his wife, that is, he publicly married her, whom he had before espoused, took her to his house, or continued her there, lived with her as his wife, and owned her to be such, and henceforwards had no more thoughts of putting her away.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Being raised from sleep - Having fully awoke.

Did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him - That is, he took Mary to wife. Probably this was done immediately, since he was now convinced of her innocence, and, by delay, he would not leave any ground of suspicion that he had not confidence in her.


 
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