19 So Joseph her husband, being righteous and not wanting to disgrace her, intended to divorce her secretly. 20 But as*Here "as" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("considering") he was considering these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.