Then Joseph being raised from sleep,.... That is, being awaked out of sleep, tou upnou "that sleep", into which he either naturally fell, whilst he was meditating on the affair of Mary's being with child; or rather into which he was cast by the Lord, on purpose that he might have a revelation of the will of God to him in a dream; and rising up from his bed or place where he was, immediately and without any delay,did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him; firmly believing that it was a messenger of God that was sent to him, and that this matter was of the Lord.
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Matthew 1:24
Matthew 1:24
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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