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Verse Matthew 1:23. _BEHOLD, A VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD_] We have
already seen, from the preceding verse, that this prophecy is taken
from Isaiah 7:14; but it may be necessary to consider the
circu...
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BEHOLD, A VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD - Matthew clearly understands
this as applying literally to a virgin. Compare Luke 1:34. It thus
implies that the conception of Christ was miraculous, or that the...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. The King and the Offer of the Kingdom. Chapter s 1-12.
1. Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham. (Matthew 1:1
.) 2. From Abraham to David. (Matthew 1:2 .) 3....
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THE BIRTH OF THE MESSIAH. In Mt., Joseph has the principal rô le; in
Lk., Mary. Six inspired dreams are narrated in Mt., three of them with
the angel of Yahweh. Five are in chs. 1 and 2, the sixth in...
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The birth of Jesus Christ happened in this way. Mary, His mother, was
betrothed to Joseph, and, before they became man and wife, it was
discovered that she was carrying a child in her womb through the...
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THE LINEAGE OF THE KING (Matthew 1:1-17)...
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A VIRGIN. Quoted from Isaiah 7:13. See the notes there. Greek.
_parthenos,_ which settles the meaning of the word in Isaiah 7:14. See
EMMANUEL. Occurs only in Matt. See App-98....
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_a virgin shall be with child_ Properly, according to the Greek text
and to the original Hebrew, " THE virgin shall be with child, and
shall bring forth a son, and they (Hebr. she) shall call his name...
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The Birth of Jesus Christ. Luke 1:26-56; Luke 2:4-7
St Mark and St John give no account of the birth of Jesus, St Luke
narrates several particulars not recorded by Matthew, (1) the
annunciation, (2)...
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THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST
Luke 1:26-56; Luke 2:4-7
St Mark and St John give no account of the birth of Jesus, St Luke
narrates several particulars not recorded by St Matthew, (1) the
annunciation, ...
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Ἡ ΠΑΡΘΈΝΟΣ ἘΝ ΓΑΣΤΡῚ ἝΞΕΙ. Not _a_ Virgin as
A.V. but _the_ Virgin: so also the Hebrew, which differs from this
quotation only in having the singular ‘she shall call.’ The
citation agrees with the LXX...
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VER. 22. NOW ALL THIS WAS DONE, THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED WHICH WAS
SPOKEN OF THE LORD BY THE PROPHET, SAYING, 23. BEHOLD, A VIRGIN SHALL
BE WITH CHILD, AND SHALL BRING FORTH A SON, AND THEY SHALL CA...
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_HIS NAME WAS CALLED JESUS MATTHEW 1:22-25:_ The conception of Jesus
took place in an extraordinary manner. While Mary was a virgin, still
untouched by any man, she conceived a child by the Holy Ghost...
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ΠΑΡΘΈΝΟΣ (G217) Дева. Это перевод_евр._
слова עלמה, означающего "девушка,
обладающая высоким положением и
наделенная благородством" _см._ Karen
Engelken, Frauen im Alten Israel (Stuttgart, 1990); TLNT...
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DISCOURSE: 1278
THE IMPORT OF THE NAMES GIVEN TO CHRIST
Matthew 1:21. Thou shalt call his name Jesus: for He shall save his
people from their sins. Now all this was done that it might be
fulfilled whi...
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BEHOLD, A VIRGIN, &C.— To what we have said on this prophesy in its
proper place, Isaiah 7:14 may now be added, that it is not possible to
understand it of any other persons than of the Lord Jesus Chr...
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SECTION 2. THE ANNUNCIATION TO JOSEPH
TEXT: 1:18-25
18. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother
Mary had been betrothed to Joseph. before they came together, she was
found wit...
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Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son,
and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God
with us.
BEHOLD, A VIRGIN - it should be 'the virgin' [ hee...
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1 David 1 Ozias
2 Solomon 2 Joatham
3 Roboam
3 Achaz
4 Abijah 4 Hezekiah
5 Asaph
5 Manasseh
6 Josaphat 6 Amos
7 Joram 7 Josiah
[Ahaziah]
[Jehoahaz]
[Jehoash]
[Jehoiakim]
[Amaziah] [Jechon...
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GENEALOGY AND BIRTH OF JESUS
1-17. Genealogy of Jesus: cp. Luke 3:23. The two genealogies of Jesus,
which are constructed on quite different principles, require careful
comparison and study, if their...
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BEHOLD, A VIRGIN] RV 'the virgin': see on Isaiah 7:14. It does not
appear that the Jews regarded the passage as Messianic; but St.
Matthew, writing for Christians, applies it to the Messiah, in
accord...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
ABOUT MATTHEW
The author was a *Jewish Christian who wrote especially for *Jews.
One early Christian writer said, ‘Matthew collected what Jes...
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BEHOLD, A VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD. — It is not so easy for us, as
it seemed to St. Matthew, to trace in Isaiah’s words the meaning
which he assigns to them. As we find them in a literal translation...
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CHAPTER 1
The Coming of the Christ - Matthew 1:1
THE New Testament opens appropriately with the four Gospels; for,
though in their present form they are all later in date than some of
the Epistles,...
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_The prophetic reference_. As it is the evangelist's habit to cite O.
T. prophecies in connection with leading incidents in the life of
Jesus, it is natural, with most recent interpreters, to regard t...
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THE BIRTH OF JESUS. This section gives the explanation which ἐξ
ἧς ἐγεννήθη (Matthew 1:16) leads us to expect. It may be
called _the justification of the genealogy_ (Schanz), showing that
while the bi...
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THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST
Matthew 1:18-25
The fear that Joseph, being a just man, might withdraw from their
contemplated wedlock, would have filled Mary's heart with untold
anguish had she not been...
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The Gospel of Matthew portrays Jesus as King. It reveals Him as
realizing in His Person, and enunciating in His teaching the great
principles which had been the peculiar deposit and glory of the
ancie...
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Behold, a (k) virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son,
and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God
with us.
(k) There is an article added in the Hebrew and...
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Behold a virgin, [5] &c. The Jews sometimes objected, as we see in St.
Justin's dialogue with Tryphon, that the Hebrew word alma, in the
prophet Isaias, signified no more than a young woman. But St. J...
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AN ANGEL APPEARS TO JOSEPH
Matthew 1:18-25. We find that Gabriel spoke to Mary when she was wide
awake, in broad daylight; but in the case of Joseph, he appears to him
in a dream, while asleep; as Mar...
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GENEALOGIES
Matthew 1 and Luke 3. There is but one fact of vital importance in all
of these genealogies, and that is the transmission to all generations,
an infallible history of our Lord's progenitor...
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Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and
they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God
with us.
It is always blessed when we are enabled by the Spiri...
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God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our
Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the
infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
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_THE DIVINE PRESENCE_
‘They shall call His Name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God
with us.’
Matthew 1:23
This glorious statement is made on the basis of a glorious prophecy
which Isaiah utt...
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_TWO GREAT TRUTHS_
‘Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise … He called His
Name Jesus.’
Matthew 1:18
The verses (18 to 25) begin by telling us two great truths. They tell
us how the Lord Je...
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23._His name Immanuel _The phrase, _God is with us, _is no doubt
frequently employed in Scripture to denote, that he is present with us
by his assistance and grace, and displays the power of his hand...
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The object of the Spirit of God, in this Gospel, being to present
Jehovah as fulfilling the promises made to Israel, and the prophecies
that relate to the Messiah (and no one can fail to be struck wit...
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BEHOLD, A VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD,.... These words are rightly
applied to the virgin Mary and her son Jesus, for of no other can they
be understood; not of Ahaz's wife and his son Hezekiah, who was...
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Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and
they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God
with us.
Ver. 23. _Behold, a virgin, &c._] העלמה, that Virgin...
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_Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth_, &c.
Some have unhappily supposed that this famous prophecy immediately
related to the birth of a child of Isaiah's in a natural way, and...
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EMMANUEL; a proper title for Jesus Christ, because he was God as well
as man, and dwelt among the sons of men....
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Matthew now adds an explanatory note to show the fulfillment of the
Old Testament types and prophecies in the person and work of Christ:...
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Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son; and
they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God
with us.
It was not an incident that just happened that way wh...
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The genealogy of the King of Israel must be clearly established as
from Abraham, the original father of the nation, and from David, the
first king of God's choice, who is in many ways a type of Christ...
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THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME:
Or, his name shall be called...
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18-25 Let us look to the circumstances under which the Son of God
entered into this lower world, till we learn to despise the vain
honours of this world, when compared with piety and holiness. The
my...
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OLBHeb;
Ver. 22,23. By these great acts of Divine Providence, that which was
spoken and prophesied of by Isaiah, ISAIAH 7:14, speaking by
inspiration from God, was fulfilled. Though things are said in...
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
For says [the Scripture], "Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and
shall bring forth a son, and He shall be called Immanuel."[128]
Epistle of Ignatius to the A...
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SECTION 2. THE BIRTH AND RISE OF JESUS THE MESSIAH (THE CHRIST)
(1:18-4:25).
In this section, following the introduction, Matthew reveals the
greatness of Jesus the Christ. He will now describe the un...
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THE BIRTH OF JESUS THE CHRIST (1:18-25).
Jesus the Messiah having been introduced as a fulfilment of history
from Abraham onwards, the narrative now commences with His birth.
Given what a remarkable e...
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“Behold, the virgin will be with child, and will bring forth a son,
and they will call his name Immanuel,” which is, being interpreted,
God with us.'
This quotation is taken from Isaiah 7:14. There th...
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Matthew 1:23. THE VIRGIN, not _a_ virgin. The prophetic spirit of
Isaiah had in view a particular virgin, the mother of the true
Emmanuel. The quotation is but slightly varied from the text of the
Gre...
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The circumstances preceding the Nativity; Mary, doubted by her
betrothed husband; his design of putting her away privately; her
vindication by means of a dream; Joseph's faith; the name in
accordance...
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THEY SHALL CALL
(καλεσουσιν). Men, people, will call his name Immanuel, God
with us. "The interest of the evangelist, as of all New Testament
writers, in prophecy, was purely religious" (Bruce). But...
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Matthew 1:23
The great essential doctrine of Christianity lies in these few words,
_God with us._To hear of Christ having come on this earth for a little
time, and then having gone away again, would n...
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CONTENTS: Generations of Jesus Christ. His conception and birth.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Joseph, Mary, generations of
Christ from Abraham to David.
CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ was, in acc...
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Matthew 1:1. _The book of the generation,_ or rather the genealogy,
_of Jesus Christ._ This is the Hebraical mode of writing. Moses says,
Genesis 5:1, This is the book of the generations of Adam. Jesu...
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THE VIRGIN. Isaiah (Isaiah 7:14) had in mind a certain virgin. This
was a double prophecy, fulfilled in type during the reign of Ahaz
(Isaiah 8:1-4), yet pointing forward to the time of true fulfillme...
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_Child._
I. We remember that God came to us in that child. “God with us.”
This should remove all dread of God.
II. That God can come to us in -the smallest things.
III. That the whole of life is sa...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 1:23 THE VIRGIN. The Greek word corresponds
to the Hebrew term in Isaiah 7:14 (see note there). The prophecy in
Isa. 7
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 1:1 The Arrival of Jesus the Messiah.
Matthew’s introduction echoes Genesis 1:1. The word in...
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And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me
according to thy word. And the angel departed from her....
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Matthew 1:18. ESPOUSED = betrothed.—Among the Jews the betrothal
took place a year before marriage, and during the interval the
betrothed maiden remained with her own family. But fro...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 1:1
JESUS THE CHRIST BY HUMAN ANCESTRY, (Parallel passage: Luke 3:23.)...
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Let's get into the Gospel According To Matthew.
Matthew was a tax collector in Capernaum before he was called by Jesus
Christ to be a disciple. He was also called Levi. And he opens his
gospel by givi...
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1 Timothy 3:16; 2 Corinthians 5:19; 2 Timothy 4:17; 2 Timothy 4:22;...
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The virgin [η π α ρ θ ε ν ο ς]. Note the demonstrative force
of the article, pointing to a particular person. Not, some virgin or
other.
They shall call [κ α λ ε σ ο υ σ ι ν]. In ver. 21, it is
thou s...
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THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
Matthew 1:16
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We here present one of the great omissions of the Bible, which
constitutes one of the great proofs that Christ was virgin born.
The earlier ve...
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They shall call his name Emmanuel — To be called, only means,
according to the Hebrew manner of speaking, that the person spoken of
shall really and effectually be what he is called, and actually fulf...