¹⁸This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about^d: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.^p ¹⁹Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet^e did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce^q her quietly.

²⁰But after he had considered this, an angel^r of the Lord appeared to him in a dream^s and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,^f^t because he will save his people from their sins.”^u

²²All this took place to fulfill^v what the Lord had said through the prophet: ²³“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”^g^w (which means “God with us”).

²⁴When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel^x of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. ²⁵But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.^y

Read in Logos

Matthew 1:18: Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.

Footnotes

dOr The origin of Jesus the Messiah was like this
eOr was a righteous man and
fJesus is the Greek form of Joshua, which means the Lord saves.
g Isaiah 7:14

Cross references

p Lk 1:35
q Dt 24:1
rSee Ac 5:19
sSee Mt 27:19
tSee Lk 1:31
u Ps 130:8; See Lk 2:11; See Jn 3:17; Ac 5:31; See Ro 11:14; Tit 2:14
v Mt 2:15, 17, 23; 4:14; 8:17; 12:17; 21:4; 26:54, 56; 27:9; Lk 4:21; 21:22; 24:44; Jn 13:18; 19:24, 28, 36
w Isa 7:14; 8:8, 10
xSee Ac 5:19
yver 21; See Lk 1:31