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Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
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Prophecy's Deeper Meaning
Commentators explain that Old Testament prophecies often have both an immediate historical meaning and a deeper, ultimate fulfillment in Jesus. The prophecy in Isaiah 7 had a message for King Ahaz in his day, but Matthew, guided by the Holy Spirit, reveals its truest and most profound fulfillment in the miraculous birth of Christ. This shows how all of Scripture points to Him.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
That it may be fulfilled (ινα πληρωθη). Alford says that "it is impossible to interpret ινα in any other sense than in order that.…
19th Century
Anglican
All this was done — The Evangelist pauses in his narrative to introduce his own comment. He saw in what he relates that which answ…
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Baptist
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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now all this was done These are not the words of the Angel, but of the Evangelist; observing that Mary's being with child…
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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 …
13th Century
Catholic
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…
