NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 20

Matthew 1:20

World English Bible Updated

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 as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

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Matthew 1:20 in context

Matthew 1:17–23

17

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.

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Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

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Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.

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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 as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

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

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

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“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.”

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Notes from World English Bible Updated

  1. “Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

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