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 

[1:18]  ¹ tn The connotation of the Greek is “before they came together in marital and domestic union” (so BDAG 970 s.v. συνέρχομαι 3).

[1:23]  ² tn Grk “they will call his name.”

[1:23]  ³ sn A quotation from Isa 7:14.

[1:23]  ⁴ tn Grk “is translated.”

[1:23]  ⁵ sn An allusion to Isa 8:8, 10 (LXX).