24) And Joseph, having arisen from his sleep, did as the angel of the Lord ordered him and took possession of his wife and did not know her until she gave birth to a son; and he called his name Jesus. What Joseph thought is left to our imagination. Matthew tells what he did. He obeyed the angel’s order as one coming from Yahweh by bringing his wife to his home and thus consummating the marriage entered into at the time of the betrothal. 25) Normally this would include marital sexual intercourse.