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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Matthew 1:22

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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1:22-23 Jesus’ birth from a virgin fulfills Isa 7:14. The Hebrew term ‘almah (virgin or young maiden) was translated parthenos (“virgin”) in the Greek Old Testament that Matthew quotes. Matthew understands the ‘almah of Isaiah as foreshadowing the Virgin Mary.
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