Matthew 1:23 meaning and explanation

“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).

Matthew 1:23, Berean Standard Bible

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Matthew quotes Isaiah 7:14 to show that Jesus' birth fulfilled what God had long promised. In Isaiah's day the sign was given to King Ahaz during a national crisis, but Matthew sees its fuller meaning in the child conceived by the Holy Spirit.

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