an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream" (Matthew 2:13). Angels and dreams, prophecy and fulfilment: these themes appear repeatedly throughout the birth narratives in the gospels of ...

after the birth of Jesus and the visit from the Magi, an “angel of the Lord” comes to Joseph in a dream and warns him to leave Bethlehem for Egypt (Mt 2:12-15). Why? Because King Herod was ...

There are pictures, also. On three occasions in St Matthew's Gospel, an angel "suddenly appears in a dream" to Joseph. The first time, the angel tells him to marry Mary' the second, to take Mary ...