That it may be fulfilled (ινα πληρωθη). Alford says that "it is impossible to interpret ινα in any other sense than in order that.…

The prophecy quoted here is recorded in Isaiah 7:14. It was delivered about 740 years before Christ, in the reign of Ahaz, king of Judah. The land …

All this was done — The Evangelist pauses in his narrative to introduce his own comment. He saw in what he relates that which answ…

Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, an…

Remigius of Auxerre: It is the custom of the Evangelist to confirm what he says from the Old Testament for the sake of those J…

Now all this was done. It is ignorant and childish quibbling to argue that the name Jesus is given to the Son of God because he i…

Now all this was done These are not the words of the Angel, but of the Evangelist; observing that Mary's being with child…

Let us look to the circumstances under which the Son of God entered into this lower world, until we learn to despise the vain honors of this world …

The Evangelist had said before that the mother of God was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit, and he proved this above by the angelic revela…