matthew-1:22-esv

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:22

Scripture fulfilments. It is plain that the Jews used their Old Testament Scriptures in ways that do not commend themselves to us. To-day rabbis can find references and proofs in passages which, to our more orderly and logical minds, seem to have no bearing on the subject. They have always been readily carried away by similarity in the sound of passages. Strict criticism cannot approve of their quotations or recognize their intelligent connections. We are to remember' that one supreme idea... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:22-23

The evidence of prophecy. ("Now all this was done .. God with us.") The Revised Version omits the marks of parenthesis. From a comparison of Matthew 26:56 (and perhaps also Matthew 21:4 ), this is not the utterance of the evangelist, but of the previous speaker, yet formulated by the evangelist (cf. Weiss). The thought, that is to say, is still part of the angel's encouragement to Joseph; the exact mode of expressing the record of that thought is the evangelist's; so also Tatian's... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 1:22

Now all this was done - The prophecy here quoted is recorded in Isaiah 7:14. See the notes at that passage. The prophecy was delivered about 740 years before Christ, in the reign of Ahaz, king of Judah. The land of Judea was threatened with an invasion by the united armies of Syria and Israel, under the command of Rezin and Pekah. Ahaz was alarmed, and seems to have contemplated calling in aid from Assyria to defend him. Isaiah was directed, in his consternation, to go to Ahaz, and tell him to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 1:22

Matthew 1:22 . Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled That is, by the doing of all this was fulfilled the following prophecy. For we are not to suppose that the bare accomplishment of an ancient prediction was the end God had in view in sending his Son into the world; which would imply that, if no such prediction had been given, God would not have sent his Son. No: God’s design was the salvation of mankind, and the prophecy was fulfilled, as it were, by the way, without being... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 1:18-25

7. Birth of Jesus (Matthew 1:18-25)Joseph and Mary were not yet married, when Joseph was shocked to learn that Mary was pregnant. Since Mary had been promised to him in marriage, Joseph had the right, according to Jewish custom, to report the matter to the authorities and have Mary dealt with for marital unfaithfulness. Joseph was a morally upright man but he was also compassionate. Instead of acting spitefully towards Mary, he tried to protect her from public shame by breaking the engagement... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 1:22

all = the whole of. fulfilled. See App-103 for the first fulfillment of prophecy in the N.T. spoken. Greek. to rhethen. By Isaiah to Ahaz (Isaiah 7:13-16 ;), but afterwards written. of = by. Greek. hupo. by = through, or by means of. Greek. dia. App-104 .Matthew 1:1 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 1:22

Now all this came to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Behold the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us.The question of whether Isaiah (Isaiah 7:14) fully understood this as applying to the virgin birth of Christ is irrelevant. God's great prophets did not always know the true meaning of the words God gave them. Peter did not know the full... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 1:22

Matthew 1:22. Now all this was done, &c.— In all this, what was spoken by the prophet was verified. Campbell. The original words found as if the prophesy was the cause of the event predicted; but, generally speaking, things do not come to pass because they are foretold, but are foretold because they certainly will come to pass. The difficulty here lies in the particle that, put for the Greek ινα, which does not always signify the cause, but sometimes the event or consequence. The... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 1:22

22. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet— (Isaiah 7:14). saying—as follows. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 1:18-25

B. The King’s birth 1:18-25The first sentence in this pericope (section) serves as a title for the section, as the sentence in Matthew 1:1 did for Matthew 1:1-17. Matthew recorded the supernatural birth of Jesus to demonstrate further His qualification as Israel’s Messiah. He wanted to show that Mary could not have become pregnant by another man. These verses show how Jesus came to be the heir of Joseph and thus qualified to be Israel’s King."Matthew ultimately is arguing that Jesus... read more