Watchman Press Reviewed Scripture Study
Immanuel: The Virgin-Born Messiah
Isaiah 7:14 ↔ Matthew 1:23
Scripture Text
Read the Relationship in Young’s Literal Translation
Isaiah 7:14
14 Therefore the Lord Himself giveth to you a sign, Lo, the Virgin is conceiving, And is bringing forth a son, And hath called his name Immanuel,
Matthew 1:23
23 'Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,' which is, being interpreted 'With us [he is] God.'
Editorial Analysis
Watchman Press Review
The following classifications and notes are reviewed Watchman Press editorial analysis. They are separate from the biblical text and from the raw cross-reference dataset.
Immanuel: The Virgin-Born Messiah
Matthew explicitly presents the conception and birth of Jesus as the fulfillment of the Immanuel sign. The relationship is therefore not merely thematic. The Gospel itself identifies Jesus as the climactic referent of the passage.
The sign reaches beyond the immediate crisis in Isaiah's day. Matthew identifies the birth of Jesus as the point at which the Immanuel promise reaches its fullest expression: God with us.
Evidence / source note
Project sources reviewed: Young's Literal Translation, the 1881 Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament, and the JPS 1917 Tanakh. Gleason Archer's Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties was also consulted for the historical setting and Matthew's explicit Christological application.
Immanuel: The Virgin-Born Messiah
Matthew introduces the citation with a fulfillment formula and applies the prophetic sign directly to the birth of Jesus.
The historical setting in Isaiah should be retained, but the New Testament explicitly authorizes the Christological fulfillment.
Evidence / source note
Project sources reviewed: Young's Literal Translation, the 1881 Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament, and the JPS 1917 Tanakh. Gleason Archer's Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties was also consulted for the historical setting and Matthew's explicit Christological application.
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