Quotes & Notes on:    Matthew 1:23 John Wesley's Notes: Emmanuel; which was no common name of Christ, but points out his nature and office; as he is God incarnate, and dwells by his Spirit in the hearts of his people.   Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: * a virgin. Isa 7:14 * they shall call his name. or, his name shall be called. Emmanuel Isa 7:14; 8:8 * Immanuel. God. Mt 28:20; Ps 46:7,11; Isa 8:8-10; 9:6; 12:2; Joh 1:14; Ac 18:9 Ro 1:3; 9:5; 2Co 5:19; 1Ti 3:16; 2Ti 4:17,22   Adam Clarke's Commentary:  He shall be called  IM-MENU-EL; literally, The STRONG GOD WITH US: similar to those words in the New Testament:-The Word which was God-was made flesh, and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth: Joh 1:1,14. And, God was manifested in the flesh: 1Ti 3:16.  So that we are to understand, God with us, to imply God incarnated-God in human nature.   Family Bible Notes:   Emmanuel; a proper title for Jesus Christ, because he was God as well as man, and dwelt among the sons of men.   1599 Geneva Bible Notes: There is an article added in the Hebrew and Greek text, to point out the woman and set her forth plainly: as we would say, the virgin, or a certain virgin.   People's New Testament Commentary:  Behold, a virgin. Rather the virgin, as in the Revision. Isaiah had in view a particular virgin, the mother of the true Immanuel (Isa 7:14). Like many other prophecies, it had a double, a typical and a true, fulfillment. The first was in the reign of Ahaz, concerning a temporal deliverance, but the higher reference is to the spiritual Deliverer of the world. The first is the type, the second is the great event that inspired the message. Immanuel. This means "God with us," an appropriate title for Jesus among men.   Robertson's Word Pictures:   They shall call (kalesousin). Men, people, will call his name Immanuel, God with us. "The interest of the evangelist, as of all New Testament writers, in prophecy, was purely religious" (Bruce). But surely the language of Isaiah has had marvellous illustration in the Incarnation of Christ. This is Matthew's explanation of the meaning of Immanuel, a descriptive appellation of Jesus Christ and more than a mere motto designation. God's help, Jesus=the Help of God, is thus seen. One day Jesus will say to Philip: "He that has seen me has seen the Father" (Joh 14:9).   Albert Barnes' Commentary:   (No comment on this verse)   Jamieson-Faussett Brown:  Behold, a virgin--It should be "the virgin" meaning that particular virgin destined to this unparalleled distinction. shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which, being interpreted, is, God with us--Not that He was to have this for a proper name (like "Jesus"), but that He should come to be known in this character, as God manifested in the flesh, and the living bond of holy and most intimate fellowship between God and men from henceforth and for ever   Spurgeon Commentary: (No comment on this verse)   William Burkitt's Notes: (No comment on this verse)   Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary: (No comment on this verse)   The Fourfold Gospel: Behold, the virgin shall be with child. The Sonship of Jesus demands a miraculous birth. If we doubt the miracle of his conception, we can never solve the perplexing problem of his marvelous life and death. And they shall call his name. Rather, title; under the head of "name" the titles of Jesus are also set forth at Isa 9:6. Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us. Nature shows God above us; the Law shows God against us; but the Gospel shows God with us, and for us. The blessing of the church militant is Christ, God with us; that of the church triumphant is Christ, us with God. In this world Jesus walked "with us" in human form (Joh 1:14); and because he did so, we, in the world to come, shall walk "with him" in divine form (1Jo 3:2; 1Co 15:49). In a personal sense Jesus may fitly be called "God with us," for he was God and man united in one body.

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