Matthew 1:20 Douay-Rheims

But while he thought on these things, behold the angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost.

John Chrysostom

A.D. 347–407 Patristic

But by saying, Be not afraid, he shews him to be in fear that he had offended God, by having an adulteress; for only as such would he have ever thought of putting her away.

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A.D. 407 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 1:20

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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