Matthew 1:21 (BSB)
She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
From Matthew 1. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Matthew 1:21
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Matthew 1:21: 21. And thou shalt call his name JESUS. I have already explained briefly, but as far as was necessary, the meaning of that word. At present I shall only add, that the words of the angel set aside the dream of those who derive it from the essential name of God, Jehovah; for the angel expresses the reason why the Son of God is so...
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Matthew 1:18-25: The mystery of Christ's incarnation is to be adored, not pried into. If we know not the way of the Spirit in the formation of common persons, nor how the bones are formed in the womb of any one that is with child (Ecc 11:5), much less do we know how the blessed Jesus was formed in the womb of the blessed virgin.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Matthew 1:21: And she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Jesus. For though she was with child, it could not be known any otherwise than by prediction or divine revelation, that she should have a son, whose name should be called Jesus; a name of the same signification with Joshua and Hosea, and may be interpreted a "Saviour", Act 13:23 for the...
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Matthew 1:21: Verse 21 His name JESUS. The name Jesus is the same as Saviour. It is derived from the verb signifying to save. In Hebrew it is the same as Joshua. In two places in the New Testament it is used where it means Joshua, the leader of the News into Canaan, and in our translation the name Joshua should have been retained, .