Matthew 1:24
Good News Translation
So when Joseph woke up, he married Mary, as the angel of the Lord had told him to.

New Revised Standard Version
When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her 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.

New American Bible
When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home.

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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Joseph rising up from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took unto him his wife.

did.

Genesis 6:22 And Noe did all things which God commanded him.

Genesis 7:5 And Noe did all things which the Lord had commanded him.

Genesis 22:2,3 He said to him: Take thy only begotten son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and go into the land of vision; and there thou shalt offer him for an holocaust upon one of the mountains which I will shew thee. . . .

Exodus 40:16,19,25,27,32 And Moses did all that the Lord had commanded. . . .

2 Kings 5:11-14 Naaman was angry, and went away, saying: I thought he would have come out to me, and standing, would have invoked the name of the Lord his God, and touched with his hand the place of the leprosy, and healed me. . . .

John 2:5-8 His mother saith to the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye. . . .

John 15:14 You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you.

Hebrews 11:7,8,24-31 By faith Noe, having received an answer concerning those things which as yet were not seen, moved with fear, framed the ark for the saving of his house: by the which he condemned the world and was instituted heir of the justice which is by faith. . . .

James 2:21-26 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, offering up Isaac his son upon the altar? . . .

Context
The Birth of Jesus
23Behold a virgin shall be with child, and bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. 24And Joseph rising up from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took unto him his wife. 25And he knew her not, till she brought forth her first born son: and he called his name Jesus.…
Cross References
Matthew 1:23
Behold a virgin shall be with child, and bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

Matthew 1:25
And he knew her not, till she brought forth her first born son: and he called his name Jesus.

Acts 5:19
But an angel of the Lord by night, opening the doors of the prison and leading them out, said:

Acts 12:7
And behold an angel of the Lord stood by him and a light shined in the room. And he, striking Peter on the side, raised him up, saying: Arise quickly. And the chains fell off from his hands.

Matthew 1:23
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