They shall call (καλεσουσιν). Men, people, will call his name Immanuel, God with us. "The interest of the evangelist, as of all Ne…

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 …

Behold, a virgin shall be with child—It is not as easy for us as it seemed to St. Matthew to trace the meaning in Isaiah's words t…

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…

This verse makes it quite clear that to Matthew, Mary is the virgin; Jesus is her son, Immanuel. But because of the quotation from Isa 7:14, comple…

His name Immanuel The phrase, God is with us, is no doubt frequently employed in Scripture to denote that he is present with us b…

Behold, a virgin shall be with child
These words are rightly applied to the virgin Mary and her son Jesus, for of no other can…

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…