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Isaiah 7:14–16

The virgin shall conceive

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Isaiah 7:14–16

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7:14For this reason, the Lord himself will grant to you a sign. Behold, a virgin will conceive, and she will give birth to a son, and his name will be called Immanuel

7:15He will eat butter and honey, so that he may know to reject evil and to choose good

7:16But even before the boy knows to refuse evil and to choose good, the land that you detest will be abandoned by the face of her two kings

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Matthew 1:22–23 — Emmanuel

In 735 BC Isaiah gives Ahaz a sign in his own generation: a young woman will bear a son named Emmanuel, and before the child is grown the threatening kings will be gone. Matthew keeps that history and reads a further fulfillment in the virginal conception.

source checked695 yearsThe near sign belongs to the Syro-Ephraimite war. The far sign is seven centuries later. Both clocks are the point.
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