The angel told Joseph that the mad and cruel King Herod was targeting Baby Jesus for destruction. Herod had an army at his disposal. He had absolute authority over every spot where Joseph might ...

For them, linking Jesus’s conception with his death ... but from a different perspective. This time, the angel appears to Joseph to tell him that his fiancée Mary is pregnant but he must ...

Though not mentioned by name, Joseph is at the Presentation of Jesus in the temple after ... in which dreams play a key role. An angel in a dream tells him not to fear marrying Mary because ...

When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took his wife, but knew her not until she had borne a son; and he called his name Jesus. "In the words of the ...

When the angel tells Joseph to name the child Jesus, which means deliverer, savior, helper, Joseph, a devout Jew, can begin to make the messianic connection. The child is also known as Emmanuel ...

Joseph is often the forgotten member of Jesus' earthly family ... Joseph obeyed without question what the angel told him to do. It’s easy for us to read about Joseph's obedience.

The angel did not tell him what time he was to remain in ... which in a manner represents to us the most Holy Trinity: Mary, Jesus and Joseph; Joseph, Jesus and Mary; a Trinity marvelously ...

31), and angel tells Mary to name her child Jesus, and in that of St. Matthew (1,21), an angel tells Joseph to name the child, Jesus. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that Jesus means ...

He would be called Jesus. The angel also told her that Jesus would be God’s son. The Angel Gabriel then appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Don’t be afraid.” Mary and Joseph were both ...

Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ... Three years later, Smith was visited by the angel Moroni and told that he should unearth and translate a holy book ...

the angel appears to Joseph to tell him that his fiancé Mary is pregnant but he must still marry her because it is part of God's plan. Where Luke has shepherds visit the baby, a symbol of Jesus's ...