Mat 1:18 | HCSB | STEP | The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After His mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph , it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant by the Holy Spirit .

Matthew 1:18

The Nativity of the Messiah

18 The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After His mother Mary had been ^{▼▼engaged: Jewish engagement was a binding agreement that could only be broken by divorce.}engaged to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant by the Holy Spirit. ^b