Matthew 1:21 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 1:21

She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”

BSB

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ASV

And she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins.

KJV

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

Jesus is a Hebrew word, meaning Saviour. He points to the etymology of the name, saying, For He shall save His people from their sins.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Irenaeus

Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter 21), Section 4 (202)

For the one and the same Spirit of God, who proclaimed by the prophets what and of what sort the advent of the Lord should be, did by these elders give a just interpretation of what had been truly prophesied; and He did Himself, by the apostles, announce that the fulness of the times of the adoption had arrived, that the kingdom of heaven had drawn nigh, and that He was dwelling within those that believe on Him who was born Emmanuel of the Virgin.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Jesus. For though she was with child, it could not be known any otherwise than by prediction or divine revelation, that she should have a son, whose name should be called Jesus; a name of the same signification with Joshua and Hosea, and may be interpreted a "Saviour", Act 13:23 for the word ישוע Jesus, comes from ישע which signifies "to save." And to this agrees the reason of the name given by the Angel, for he shall save his people from their sins.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

His name Jesus - The name Jesus is the same as Saviour. It is derived from the verb signifying to save, In Hebrew it is the same as Joshua. In two places in the New Testament it is used where it means Joshua, the leader of the Jews into Canaan, and in our translation the name Joshua should have been retained, Act 7:45; Heb 4:8. It was a very common name among the Jews. He shall save - This expresses the same as the name, and on this account the name was given to him.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τέξεται	texetai	She will bear	G5088 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
υἱόν,	huion	a son,	G5207 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
καλέσεις	kaleseis	you will call	G2564 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ὄνομα	onoma	name	G3686 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
Ἰησοῦν·	Iēsoun	Jesus;	G2424 →
αὐτὸς	autos	He himself	G846 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
σώσει	sōsei	will save	G4982 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
λαὸν	laon	people	G2992 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
ἁμαρτιῶν	hamartiōn	sins	G266 →
αὐτῶν.¶	autōn	of them.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 4:12
Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
leads to
- John 14:6
  Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- 1 Corinthians 3:11
  For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
- John 3:36
  Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- 1 Timothy 2:5–6
  For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
- 1 John 5:11–12
  And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
Through
John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
  God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 53:7
  He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not…
- 1 John 2:2
  He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

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