What angel came to Joseph?
Gabriel
What does the story of Joseph teach us?
He brings all the resources of Egypt to make his family comfortable. He has become a sensitive, family-oriented man. We could understand the story as an illustration of how God works in the world. Dreams are a way to communicate with the Divine, or a way to communicate with the deepest parts of ourselves.
Why did the angel appeared to Joseph in a dream?
But in a dream, an angel appeared to Joseph and told him to trust Mary. The angel also told Joseph that the child should be called Jesus. Having a vision in a dream from God was a sign of God’s approval, so this would have made Joseph pay attention and do what the angel had said!
Who is the angel in Matthew 1 20?
The angel refers to Joseph as the “son of David”. This again emphasizes Jesus’ legal Davidic status, the theme of the earlier genealogy. By “take Mary as your wife” the angel is referring to the second stage of the Jewish marriage ritual that saw the bride move into the husband’s house.
Why did the angels call Joseph the child Jesus?
It’s the Greek form of the Hebrew name Joshua, or more specifically Yehoshua, which means “Yahweh saves” or “Yahweh is salvation.” That’s why the angel said to Joseph, “You are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
Does Gabriel talk to Joseph?
The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, “Hail, full of grace! Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
Who was the son of Jesus?
Jacobovici and Pellegrino argue that Aramaic inscriptions reading “Judah, son of Jesus”, “Jesus, son of Joseph”, and “Mariamne”, a name they associate with Mary Magdalene, together preserve the record of a family group consisting of Jesus, his wife Mary Magdalene and son Judah.