New King James Version
Matthew 1:22
22So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:
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 Living Translation (NLT)All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet:
Context of Matthew 1:22
20But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 21And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: 23“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.” 24Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife,
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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 was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
- Matthew 5:17“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.
- Matthew 8:17that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He Himself took our infirmities And bore our sicknesses.”
- Matthew 12:17that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:
- Matthew 13:35that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.”
- 1 Kings 8:15And he said: “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David, and with His hand has fulfilled it, saying,
- Ezra 1:1Now in 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, saying,
- Luke 21:22For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
- Luke 24:44Then He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.”
- John 10:35If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),
- John 12:38that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: “Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
- John 15:25But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’
- John 17:12While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
- John 18:9that the saying might be fulfilled which He spoke, “Of those whom You gave Me I have lost none.”
- John 19:36For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, “Not one of His bones shall be broken.”
- Acts 3:18But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has 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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