Matthew 1:18

The Birth of Jesus Christ

1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, 1  she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 1:23

1:23 “Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him 2  Emmanuel,” 3  which means 4  “God with us.” 5 

1 tn The connotation of the Greek is “before they came together in marital and domestic union” (so BDAG 970 s.v. συνέρχομαι 3).

2 tn Grk “they will call his name.”

3 sn A quotation from Isa 7:14.

4 tn Grk “is translated.”

5 sn An allusion to Isa 8:8, 10 (LXX).