English Standard Version
Matthew 1:22
22All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
Matthew 1:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
- New International Version (NIV)All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
- New King James Version (NKJV)So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:
- New Living Translation (NLT)All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet:
Context of Matthew 1:22
20But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: 23"Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel" (which means, God with us). 24When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife,
Read all of Matthew 1Matthew 1:22 word by word
Τοῦτο δὲ ὅλον γέγονεν ἵνα πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ κυρίου διὰ τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Nowδέde · thenG1161
- allὅλοςholos · allG3650
- thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- was doneγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
- that itἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- might be fulfilledπληρόωplēroō · to fulfillG4137
- whichὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- was spokenἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
- ofὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
- the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
- the prophetπροφήτηςprophētēs · prophetG4396
- sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
Cross-references for Matthew 1:22
- Matthew 2:15and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, "Out of Egypt I called my son."
- Matthew 5:17"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
- Matthew 8:17This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: "He took our illnesses and bore our diseases."
- Matthew 12:17This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
- Matthew 13:35This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world."
- 1 Kings 8:15And he said, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying,
- Ezra 1:1In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:
- Luke 21:22for these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.
- Luke 24:44Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled."
- John 10:35If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken—
- John 12:38so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "Lord, who has believed what he heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"
- John 15:25But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: 'They hated me without a cause.'
- John 17:12While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
- John 18:9This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: "Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one."
- John 19:36For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: "Not one of his bones will be broken."
- Acts 3:18But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.
Commentaries on Matthew 1:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22By the prophet - Isaiah is added here by several MSS., versions, and fathers. The prophecy is taken from Isaiah 7:14.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Now all this was done - The prophecy here quoted is recorded in Isaiah 7:14. See the notes at that passage. The prophecy was delivered about 740 years before Christ, in the reign of Ahaz, king of Judah. The land of Judea was threatened with an invasion by the united armies of Syria and Israel, under the command of Rezin and Pekah. Ahaz was alarmed, and seems to have contemplated calling in aid from Assyria to defend him. Isaiah was directed, in his…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-25Verses 18-25 Let us look to the circumstances under which the Son of God entered into this lower world, till we learn to despise the vain honours of this world, when compared with piety and holiness. The mystery of Christ's becoming man is to be adored, not curiously inquired into. It was so ordered that Christ should partake of our nature, yet that he should be pure from the defilement of original sin, which has been communicated to all the race of Adam…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-23Jesus being born from a virgin fulfills Isaiah 7:14. The Hebrew word ‘almah can mean “virgin” or “young woman.” In the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), it was translated as parthenos (“virgin”), which Matthew quotes. Matthew sees the ‘almah in Isaiah as pointing forward to the Virgin Mary.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet--(Is 7:14). saying--as follows.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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