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,
• 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:
• New Living Translation (NLT)All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet:

Context of Matthew 1:22

20But after he had considered 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 home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). 24When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as 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 2:15where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through 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 through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.”
• Matthew 12:17This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
• Matthew 13:35So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”
• 1 Kings 8:15Then he said: “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his own hand has fulfilled what he promised with his own mouth to my father David. For he said,
• Ezra 1:1In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:
• Luke 21:22For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written.
• Luke 24:44He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”
• John 10:35If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be set aside—
• John 12:38This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
• John 15:25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’
• John 17:12While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.
• John 18:9This happened so that the words he had spoken would be fulfilled: “I have not lost one of those you gave me.”
• John 19:36These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,”
• Acts 3:18But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Messiah would suffer.

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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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