Matthew 1:22

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:
• English Standard Version (ESV)All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by 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:

Context of Matthew 1:22

20When he had contemplated this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled: 23“Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him Emmanuel,” which means “God with us.” 24When Joseph awoke from sleep he did what the angel of the Lord told him. He took his wife,

Matthew 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 2:15He stayed there until Herod died. In this way what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet was fulfilled: “I called my Son out of Egypt.”
• Matthew 5:17“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish these things but to fulfill them.
• Matthew 8:17In this way what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet was fulfilled: “He took our weaknesses and carried our diseases.”
• Matthew 12:17This fulfilled what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet:
• Matthew 13:35This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”
• 1 Kings 8:15He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.
• Ezra 1:1In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfill the Lord’s message spoken through Jeremiah, the Lord stirred the mind of King Cyrus of Persia. He disseminated a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom, announcing in a written edict the following:
• Luke 21:22because 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 those people to whom the word of God came were called ‘gods’ (and the scripture cannot be broken),
• John 12:38so that the word of Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled. He said, “Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
• John 15:25Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without reason.’
• John 17:12When I was with them I kept them safe and watched over them in your name that you have given me. Not one of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, so that the scripture could be fulfilled.
• John 18:9He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken, “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.”
• John 19:36For these things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled, “Not a bone of his will be broken.”
• Acts 3:18But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets – that his Christ would suffer – he has fulfilled in this way.

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

Topics related to Matthew 1:22

• Faith
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• Jesus, the Christ
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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