“But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Matthew 2 contains 23 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.