and Jacob of Joseph, the husband of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus called Christ.

Now these were the circumstances of the birth of Jesus Christ. Mary, his mother, was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married it was found that she was about to become a mother through the influence of the holy Spirit.

But her husband, Joseph, was an upright man and did not wish to disgrace her, and he decided to break off the engagement privately.

But while he was thinking of doing this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said, "Joseph, descendant of David, do not fear to take Mary, your wife, to your home, for it is through the influence of the holy Spirit that she is to become a mother.

So when Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had directed him, and took his wife to his home.

When they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said, "Wake up! Take the child and his mother and make your escape to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you to leave. For Herod is going to look for the child in order to make away with him."

But when Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt

Is he not the carpenter's son? Is not his mother named Mary, and are not his brothers named James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

among them Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.

In the evening a rich man named Joseph, from Arimathea, who had himself been a disciple of Jesus, came.

And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a piece of clean linen,