“Look,Ἰδοὺthe virginἡ παρθένοςwill be pregnantἐν γαστρὶ ἕξειandκαὶwill give birth toτέξεταιa son,υἱόνandκαὶthey will callκαλέσουσινhis nameτὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦImmanuel,”Ἐμμανουήλwhichὅis,ἐστινtranslated,μεθερμηνευόμενον“Godὁ θεόςwithΜεθ’us.”ἡμῶν
Quotation · Isaiah 7:14
Go to Isaiah 7:14Matthew introduces the quotation with a fulfillment formula. Where the Hebrew says “the young woman” (almah), Matthew says “the virgin” (parthenos); where the Hebrew says “she will call,” Matthew says “they will call.”
Formula: ἵνα πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ κυρίου διὰ τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος “so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says” (Matthew 1:22)
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Greek of the New Testament: Ἰδοὺ ἡ παρθένος ἐν γαστρὶ ἕξει καὶ τέξεται υἱόν καὶ καλέσουσιν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἐμμανουήλ ὅ ἐστιν μεθερμηνευόμενον Μεθ’ ἡμῶν ὁ θεός
Hebrew (Masoretic text): לָכֵן יִתֵּן אֲדֹנָי הוּא לָכֶם אוֹת הִנֵּה הָעַלְמָה הָרָה וְיֹלֶדֶת בֵּן וְקָרָאת שְׁמוֹ עִמָּנוּ אֵל
Septuagint (Isaiah 7:14 in the Septuagint numbering): διὰ τοῦτο δώσει Κύριος αὐτὸς ὑμῖν σημεῖον· ἰδοὺ ἡ παρθένος ἐν γαστρὶ ἔξει καὶ τέξεται υἱόν, καὶ καλέσεις τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἐμμανουήλ·
The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 10 consecutive words: “Ἰδοὺ ἡ παρθένος ἐν γαστρὶ ἕξει καὶ τέξεται υἱόν καὶ.”
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0