What does Matthew 1:23 mean?
Matthew 1:23. 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 that it only referred to Christ in a secondary sense. But surely a son’s being born of one then a virgin, when she was married, ...
What need of that solemn notice, Behold! there being nothing new or strange in all this?
What need of that solemn notice, Behold! there being nothing new or strange in all this. Besides, the promise, A virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel, is made as a sign or miracle, to confirm the house of David in God’s promise made to him, respecting the perpetuity of his kingdom.
What does the word "immanuel" mean in the Bible?
See the notes at Isaiah 7:14. The word "Immanuel" is a Hebrew word, צמנוּאל ‛immânû'êl; cf. Ἐμμανουήλ Emmanouēl, and literally means "God with us. ". Matthew doubtless understands it as denoting that the Messiah was really "God with us," or that the divine nature was united with the human.
Who was the king of Syria in Isaiah 7?
Isaiah 7:1,2we are told, that in the time of Ahaz, Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah theSong of Solomon of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to waragainst it. And it was told the house of David, ( that is, Ahaz), saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim.
Who does Isaiah reassure?
Isaiah reassures Ahaz, who hypocritically refuses to ask for a sign. Yet a sign is given. She, who is now unmarried, shall bear a son, probably a scion of the royal house of David; he shall be called Emmanuel, and before he arrives at years of discretion the deliverance shall come, though a heavier distress is at hand.
Did Jesus bear the name Emmanuel?
It is, therefore, no objection against the application of these words to Christ, that he did not bear the name Emmanuel, if he really was God with us, which is the import of it. And that he was, is sufficiently proved from his being entitled the mighty God by Isaiah, ch. Matthew 9:6.
Who narrates the facts of the Bible?
It would be truer to say that it was the facts narrated that first gave occasion to this interpretation of the prophecy. St. Luke, who narrates the facts with far greater fulness than St. Matthew, does so without any reference to the words of the prophet. Emmanuel.