Editing Immanuel (section)

==Matthew 1:20–23==
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The [[Gospel of Matthew]] cites the prophecy of the sign of Immanuel from Isaiah, using a Greek translation rather than the original Hebrew. Matthew begins with a [[genealogy of Jesus]] from [[Abraham]] through [[David]] to [[Saint Joseph|Joseph]], with Jesus as "the son of David", ([[Matthew 1:1]]) a member of the "house of David" ({{bibleverse|Isaiah|7:12|KJV}}) to whom the sign of Immanuel was given. [[Matthew 1:16]] indicates that Jesus is not Joseph's natural son, and Matthew never refers to Joseph as Jesus's father. Verses {{bibleref2-nb|Matthew|1:18–25|KJV}} turn to [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary]], the future mother of Jesus, betrothed (engaged) to Joseph, but "found with child of the Holy Ghost" before she and Joseph "came together". ([[Matthew 1:18|v.18]]) Joseph was about to break the engagement, but an angel appeared to him in a dream and told him of the child's divine origin and told him to call the child Jesus,<ref>Matthew 1:20-21</ref> and in [[Matthew 1:22|1:22]][[Matthew 1:23|–23]] Matthew declares how this was the fulfillment of the prophecy of [[Isaiah]]:{{sfn|France|2007|p=46–47}}
:22 ''Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,''
:23 ''Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.''

The gospel of Matthew was written by an author who believed that Jesus was the promised [[Messiah]], "God with us".{{sfn|Burkett|2002|p=185}}{{sfn|Brown|Fitzmyer|Donfried|1978|p=86}} At first, titles such as "Messiah" and "son of God" had described Jesus's future nature at the "deutera parousia", the [[Second Coming]]; but very soon he came to be recognised as having become the Son of God at the resurrection; then, in Mark, he becomes known as Son of God at his baptism; and finally Matthew and Luke add infancy narratives in which Jesus is the Son of God from the very beginning, long before being conceived of a virgin mother without a human father.{{sfn|Loewe|1996|p=184}}