An Angel Speaks to Joseph in a Dream

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel”; which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”

She shall give birth to a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”

But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

and didn’t know her sexually until she had given birth to her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.

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