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Matthew 1:22–23

Emmanuel

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Matthew 1:22–23

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1:22Now all this occurred in order to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying

1:23“Behold, a virgin shall conceive in her womb, and she shall give birth to a son. And they shall call his name Emmanuel, which means: God is with us.

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Isaiah 7:14–16 — The virgin shall conceive

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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