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Immanuel, God with us
Isaiah gave King Ahaz a sign: a virgin would conceive and bear a son named Immanuel. Matthew cites this text when he narrates the conception of Jesus, explaining the name as "God with us".
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A New Testament passage quotes an earlier passage.
Direct quotation
New TestamentMatthew 1:23Open this recordRead the earlier witness
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. Read the later witness
“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). Why FaithGraph draws this line
Matthew 1:23 quotes Isaiah 7:14.
Matthew quotes Isaiah's sign of the virgin who conceives and bears a son called Immanuel, and applies it to the conception of Jesus.
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Other responsible views
- Near fulfillment in Isaiah's day. Many interpreters read Isaiah 7:14 as also having a near referent in Ahaz's time, with Matthew seeing a fuller fulfillment in Jesus. This is a widely held view and does not deny Matthew's use of the text.
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