Matthew 1:22 (BSB)

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:

From Matthew 1. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Matthew 1:22

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Matthew 1:22: 22. Now all this was done It is ignorant and childish trifling to argue, that the name Jesus is given to the Son of God, because he is called Immanuel For Matthew does not confine this assertion to the single fact of the name, but includes whatever is heavenly and divine in the conception of Christ; and that is the reason why he employs the...
• 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 1:22: Now all this was done,.... These are not the words of the Angel, but of the Evangelist; observing that Mary's being with child of the Holy Ghost, and her conception in such an extraordinary manner, whilst a pure virgin, before she and Joseph came together, who though espoused to him, was untouched by him, were all brought about in this way, and with such circumstances...
• Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Matthew 1:22: Verses 22, 23. The prophecy here quoted is recorded in . It was delivered about 740 years before Christ, in the reign of Ahaz, king of Judah. The land of Judea was threatened with an invasion by the united armies of Syria and Israel, under the command of Rezin and Pekah. Ahaz was alarmed, and seems to have contemplated calling in aid from Assyria to defend him.