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Andδὲshe will give birth toτέξεταιa son,υἱὸνandκαὶyou will callκαλέσειςhis nameτὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦJesus,Ἰησοῦνforγὰρheαὐτὸςwill saveσώσειhis peopleτὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦfromἀπὸtheir sins.”τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν
Matthew 1:21
Study it in the app“And she will give birth to a son, and you will call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.””
An angel tells Joseph the child is from the Holy Spirit and will be named JesusWho Jesus Is
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 1:21, word by word
- she will give birth toτέξεταιtexetai
give birth
To have a baby, or be born.
Where else “texetai” appears- a sonυἱὸνhuion
son
A son.
Where else “huion” appears- you will callκαλέσειςkaleseis
call
To give someone a name.
Where else “kaleseis” appears- his nameὄνομαonoma
name
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onoma” appears- JesusἸησοῦνIēsoun
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsoun” appears- will saveσώσειsōsei
save
To rescue from sin and ruin.
Where else “sōsei” appears- his peopleλαὸνlaon
people
A people, above all Israel, God's people.
Where else “laon” appears- their sinsἁμαρτιῶνhamartiōn
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartiōn” appears
Translation note
“Jesus” is the Greek form of Joshua (Yehoshua), which means “YHWH saves.”
The context
20And as he was considering these things, look, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to yourself Mary as your wife, for what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
21 · This verse (above)
22And all this has happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says:
To study Matthew 1 in a group
1. What it says
Besides Mary, which women are named in the list of Jesus' ancestors (vv. 3–6)?
2. What it means
Why does Matthew open his book with a long list that ends with “the Messiah” (vv. 1, 17)?
3. How I live it
Being a righteous man, Joseph did not want to expose Mary publicly (v. 19). How can you treat someone with care when news hurts you?