Matthew 1:22
All this happened in fulfilment of these words of the Lord through the prophet, where he says –
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21She will give birth to a son; name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.’
Cross References
Matthew 2:15and there he stayed until Herod’s death. This was in fulfilment of these words of the Lord in the prophet, where he says – “Out of Egypt I called my Son.”
Matthew 5:17‘Do not think that I have come to do away with the Law or the prophets; I have not come to do away with them, but to complete them.
Matthew 12:17in fulfilment of these words in the prophet Isaiah –
Matthew 13:35in fulfilment of these words in the prophet – “I will speak to them in parables; I will utter things kept secret since the foundation of the world.”
Luke 24:44‘This is what I told you,’ he said, ‘when I was still with you – that everything that had been written about me in the Law of Moses, the prophets, and the Psalms, must be fulfilled.’
Matthew Henry on Matthew 1:19-25
The Birth of Christ. 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. 20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is… Read the whole commentary →