Matthew 1:24

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.

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">[fn] his wife.

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 Living Translation
When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as 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,

Simplified Cowboy Version
Joseph went and did just what that angel told him to and tied the knot with Mary.

Contextual Overview

¹⁸The birth of Jesus took place like this. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. Before they came to the marriage bed, Joseph discovered she was pregnant. (It was by the Holy Spirit, but he didn't know that.) Joseph, chagrined but noble, determined to take care of things quietly so Mary would not be disgraced. ²⁰While he was trying to figure a way out, he had a dream. God's angel spoke in the dream: "Joseph, son of David, don't hesitate to get married. Mary's pregnancy is Spirit-conceived. God's Holy Spirit has made her pregnant. She will bring a son to birth, and when she does, you, Joseph, will name him Jesus—‘God saves'—because he will save his people from their sins." This would bring the prophet's embryonic sermon to full term: Watch for this—a virgin will get pregnant and bear a son; They will name him Immanuel (Hebrew for "God is with us"). ²⁴Then 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.

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
God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was. God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.

Job 39:1
"Do you know the month when mountain goats give birth? Have you ever watched a doe bear her fawn? Do you know how many months she is pregnant? Do you know the season of her delivery, when she crouches down and drops her offspring? Her young ones flourish and are soon on their own; they leave and don't come back.

Job 39:5
"Who do you think set the wild donkey free, opened the corral gates and let him go? I gave him the whole wilderness to roam in, the rolling plains and wide-open places. He laughs at his city cousins, who are harnessed and harried. He's oblivious to the cries of teamsters. He grazes freely through the hills, nibbling anything that's green.

Job 39:9
"Will the wild buffalo condescend to serve you, volunteer to spend the night in your barn? Can you imagine hitching your plow to a buffalo and getting him to till your fields? He's hugely strong, yes, but could you trust him, would you dare turn the job over to him? You wouldn't for a minute depend on him, would you, to do what you said when you said it?

Job 39:19
"Are you the one who gave the horse his prowess and adorned him with a shimmering mane? Did you create him to prance proudly and strike terror with his royal snorts? He paws the ground fiercely, eager and spirited, then charges into the fray. He laughs at danger, fearless, doesn't shy away from the sword. The banging and clanging of quiver and lance don't faze him. He quivers with excitement, and at the trumpet blast races off at a gallop. At the sound of the trumpet he neighs mightily, smelling the excitement of battle from a long way off, catching the rolling thunder of the war cries.

Job 40:15
"Look at the land beast, Behemoth. I created him as well as you. Grazing on grass, docile as a cow— Just look at the strength of his back, the powerful muscles of his belly. His tail sways like a cedar in the wind; his huge legs are like beech trees. His skeleton is made of steel, every bone in his body hard as steel. Most magnificent of all my creatures, but I still lead him around like a lamb! The grass-covered hills serve him meals, while field mice frolic in his shadow. He takes afternoon naps under shade trees, cools himself in the reedy swamps, Lazily cool in the leafy shadows as the breeze moves through the willows. And when the river rages he doesn't budge, stolid and unperturbed even when the Jordan goes wild. But you'd never want him for a pet— you'd never be able to housebreak him!"

Psalms 104:18
class="poetry"> O my soul, bless God ! God , my God, how great you are! beautifully, gloriously robed, Dressed up in sunshine, and all heaven stretched out for your tent. You built your palace on the ocean deeps, made a chariot out of clouds and took off on wind-wings. You commandeered winds as messengers, appointed fire and flame as ambassadors. You set earth on a firm foundation so that nothing can shake it, ever. You blanketed earth with ocean, covered the mountains with deep waters; Then you roared and the water ran away— your thunder crash put it to flight. Mountains pushed up, valleys spread out in the places you assigned them. You set boundaries between earth and sea; never again will earth be flooded. You started the springs and rivers, sent them flowing among the hills. All the wild animals now drink their fill, wild donkeys quench their thirst. Along the riverbanks the birds build nests, ravens make their voices heard. You water the mountains from your heavenly cisterns; earth is supplied with plenty of water. You make grass grow for the livestock, hay for the animals that plow the ground. Oh yes, God brings grain from the land, wine to make people happy, Their faces glowing with health, a people well-fed and hearty. God 's trees are well-watered— the Lebanon cedars he planted. Birds build their nests in those trees; look—the stork at home in the treetop. Mountain goats climb about the cliffs; badgers burrow among the rocks. The moon keeps track of the seasons, the sun is in charge of each day. When it's dark and night takes over, all the forest creatures come out. The young lions roar for their prey, clamoring to God for their supper. When the sun comes up, they vanish, lazily stretched out in their dens. Meanwhile, men and women go out to work, busy at their jobs until evening. What a wildly wonderful world, God ! You made it all, with Wisdom at your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations. Oh, look—the deep, wide sea, brimming with fish past counting, sardines and sharks and salmon. Ships plow those waters, and Leviathan, your pet dragon, romps in them. All the creatures look expectantly to you to give them their meals on time. You come, and they gather around; you open your hand and they eat from it. If you turned your back, they'd die in a minute— Take back your Spirit and they die, revert to original mud; Send out your Spirit and they spring to life— the whole countryside in bloom and blossom. The glory of God —let it last forever! Let God enjoy his creation! He takes one look at earth and triggers an earthquake, points a finger at the mountains, and volcanoes erupt. Oh, let me sing to God all my life long, sing hymns to my God as long as I live! Oh, let my song please him; I'm so pleased to be singing to God . But clear the ground of sinners— no more godless men and women! O my soul, bless God !

Psalms 104:23
class="poetry"> O my soul, bless God ! God , my God, how great you are! beautifully, gloriously robed, Dressed up in sunshine, and all heaven stretched out for your tent. You built your palace on the ocean deeps, made a chariot out of clouds and took off on wind-wings. You commandeered winds as messengers, appointed fire and flame as ambassadors. You set earth on a firm foundation so that nothing can shake it, ever. You blanketed earth with ocean, covered the mountains with deep waters; Then you roared and the water ran away— your thunder crash put it to flight. Mountains pushed up, valleys spread out in the places you assigned them. You set boundaries between earth and sea; never again will earth be flooded. You started the springs and rivers, sent them flowing among the hills. All the wild animals now drink their fill, wild donkeys quench their thirst. Along the riverbanks the birds build nests, ravens make their voices heard. You water the mountains from your heavenly cisterns; earth is supplied with plenty of water. You make grass grow for the livestock, hay for the animals that plow the ground. Oh yes, God brings grain from the land, wine to make people happy, Their faces glowing with health, a people well-fed and hearty. God 's trees are well-watered— the Lebanon cedars he planted. Birds build their nests in those trees; look—the stork at home in the treetop. Mountain goats climb about the cliffs; badgers burrow among the rocks. The moon keeps track of the seasons, the sun is in charge of each day. When it's dark and night takes over, all the forest creatures come out. The young lions roar for their prey, clamoring to God for their supper. When the sun comes up, they vanish, lazily stretched out in their dens. Meanwhile, men and women go out to work, busy at their jobs until evening.

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.