²⁰ While Joseph ·thought about [considered; decided; resolved to do] these things, [^Llook; ^Tbehold] an angel of the Lord ·came [appeared] to him in a dream. The angel said, “Joseph, ·descendant [son] of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because ·the baby [^Lwhat is conceived] in her is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹ She will give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins [^Cthe name Jesus means “the Lord saves”].”

²² All this happened to ·bring about [fulfill] what the Lord had ·said [spoken] through the prophet: ²³ “[^LLook; ^TBehold] The virgin will ·be pregnant [^Lconceive in her womb; Is. 7:14]. She will ·have [give birth to] a son, and they will name him Immanuel,” which [^Cin Hebrew] means “God is with us.”

Jesus’ Parents Take Him to Egypt

¹³ After they left, an angel of the Lord ·came [appeared] to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Take the child and his mother and ·escape [flee] to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is ·starting [intending; going] to ·look [search] for the child so he can kill him.”

¹⁴ So Joseph got up and left for Egypt during the night with the child and his mother.

Joseph and Mary Return

¹⁹ After Herod died, an angel of the Lord ·spoke [appeared] to Joseph in a dream while he was in Egypt. ²⁰ The angel said, “Get up! Take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, because the people who were ·trying to kill [^Lseeking the life of] the child are now dead.”

²² But he heard that Archelaus [^Creigned from 4 bc to ad 6] was now ·king [reigning] in Judea ·since his father Herod had died [^Lin place of his father Herod]. So Joseph was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he ·went [withdrew] to the ·area [region; district] of Galilee, ²³ to a town called Nazareth, and lived there. And so what ·God had said [was spoken; ^Cthe passive verb implies God as subject] through the prophets ·came true [was fulfilled]: “He will be called a Nazarene [^Ca person from the town of Nazareth; perhaps a reference to Is. 11:1, where the Hebrew word translated “branch” sounds like “Nazarene”].”