Matthew 1:21
New International Version
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.”

New Living Translation
And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

English Standard Version
She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

Berean Standard Bible
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.”

Berean Literal Bible
And she will bring forth a son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins."

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

New King James Version
And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.”

New American Standard Bible
She will give birth to a Son; and you shall name Him Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

NASB 1995
“She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

NASB 1977
“And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is He who will save His people from their sins.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

Amplified Bible
She will give birth to a Son, and you shall name Him Jesus (The LORD is salvation), for He will save His people from their sins.”

Christian Standard Bible
She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
She will give birth to a son, and you are to name Him Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”

American Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
Then after her baby is born, name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
She will give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus [He Saves], because he will save his people from their sins."

Good News Translation
She will have a son, and you will name him Jesus--because he will save his people from their sins."

International Standard Version
She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he is the one who will save his people from their sins."

Majority Standard Bible
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.”

NET Bible
She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."

New Heart English Bible
And she will bring forth a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."

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

Weymouth New Testament
She will give birth to a Son, and you are to call His name JESUS for He it is who will save His People from their sins."

World English Bible
She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and she will bring forth a Son, and you will call His Name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

Berean Literal Bible
And she will bring forth a son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins."

Young's Literal Translation
and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins,
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name JESUS. For he shall save his people from their sins.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And she shall give birth to a son. And you shall call his name JESUS. For he shall accomplish the salvation of his people from their sins.”

New American Bible
She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

New Revised Standard Version
She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
She will give birth to a son, and you will call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“And she shall bring forth a Son, and she shall call his name Yeshua, for he shall save his people from their sins.”
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And she will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus; for he will save his people from their sins.

Godbey New Testament
she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for He will save His people from their sins.

Haweis New Testament
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.

Mace New Testament
and she shall be deliver'd of a son, to whom you shall give the name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Weymouth New Testament
She will give birth to a Son, and you are to call His name JESUS for He it is who will save His People from their sins."

Worrell New Testament
And she shall bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus; for He will save His people from their sins."

Worsley New Testament
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Birth of Jesus
20But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.” 22All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:…

Cross References
Luke 2:11
Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!

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!

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.”

Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.

Isaiah 53:4-6
Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. / We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.

Luke 1:31
Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.

John 3:16-17
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. / For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

Romans 5:8
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

1 John 4:14
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.

Philippians 2:9-11
Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, / that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, / and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Hebrews 7:25
Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

1 Timothy 1:15
This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.

Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Jeremiah 23:5-6
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land. / In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.

Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.


Treasury of Scripture

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

she.

Genesis 17:19,21
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him…

Genesis 18:10
And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

Judges 13:3
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

thou.

Luke 1:31
And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

Luke 2:21
And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

JESUS.

Psalm 130:7,8
Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption…

Isaiah 12:1,2
And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me…

Isaiah 45:21,22
Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me…

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Matthew 1
1. The genealogy of Jesus from Abraham to Joseph.
18. He is miraculously conceived of the Holy Spirit by the Virgin Mary.
19. The angel satisfies the doubts of Joseph,
21. and declares the names and office of Jesus;
25. Jesus is born














She will give birth to a Son
This phrase highlights the miraculous nature of the virgin birth, fulfilling the prophecy of Isaiah 7:14. The Greek word for "give birth" is "tíktō," emphasizing the natural process of childbirth, yet in this context, it underscores the supernatural intervention of God. The birth of a "Son" signifies the incarnation of God in human form, a central tenet of Christian faith, affirming both the humanity and divinity of Jesus.

and you are to give Him the name Jesus
The instruction to name the child "Jesus" is significant. The name "Jesus" is derived from the Hebrew "Yeshua," meaning "Yahweh is salvation" or "The Lord saves." This name was divinely appointed, indicating His mission and purpose. In the Jewish tradition, names were often prophetic, revealing the character or destiny of the individual. Thus, the name "Jesus" encapsulates His role as the Savior.

because He will save His people from their sins
This phrase is the crux of the verse, revealing the purpose of Jesus' coming. The Greek word for "save" is "sōzō," which means to rescue or deliver. This salvation is not merely physical or political, as some Jews expected of the Messiah, but spiritual, addressing the root problem of sin. "His people" initially refers to the Jews, God's chosen people, but by extension, it includes all who believe in Him, as the New Testament unfolds. The phrase "from their sins" indicates the comprehensive nature of Jesus' salvation, offering forgiveness and reconciliation with God. This mission fulfills the Old Testament prophecies and covenants, establishing Jesus as the ultimate sacrificial Lamb, whose death and resurrection provide the means for eternal life.

(21) Thou shalt call his name Jesus.--There is nothing strange in this being to Joseph the first knowledge of the name, which St. Luke tells us (Luke 1:31) had been previously imparted to Mary. The customs of the Jews were, as we have seen, against any communications between the bride and bridegroom during the period of betrothal, and the facts of the case (including Mary's visit to Elizabeth) would make it more improbable than ever.

The name Jesus was one full of meaning, but it was not as yet a specially sacred name. In its Old Testament form of Jehoshua (Numbers 13:16), Joshua, or Jeshua (Numbers 14:6; Nehemiah 8:17), it meant "Jehovah is salvation;" and the change of the name of the captain of Israel from Hoshea, which did not include the divine name, to the form which gave this full significance (Numbers 13:16) had made it the expression of the deepest faith of the people. After the return from Babylon it received a new prominence in connection with the high priest Joshua, the son of Josedech (Haggai 1:1; Zechariah 3:1), and appears in its Greek form in Jesus the father, and again in the son, of Sirach. In the New Testament itself we find it borne by others (see Note on Matthew 1:1). It had not been directly associated, however, with Messianic hopes, and the intimation that it was to be the name of the Christ gave a new character to men's thoughts of the kingdom. Not conquest, but "salvation"--deliverance, not from human enemies only or chiefly, nor from the penalties of sin, but from the sins themselves. As spoken by the angel to the dreamer it was the answer to prayers and hopes, going beyond the hope, and purifying it from earthly thoughts. As recorded by the Evangelist it was a witness that he had been taught the true nature of the kingdom of the Christ. . . .

Verse 21. - The first half is almost verbally identical with the promise to Mary in Luke 1:31. It is, perhaps, hypercritical to see anything more than a coincidence when such common terms are used, but it was not unnatural that the communications of the angels to both Mary and Joseph should be purposely clothed in language similar to that used of Sarah (Genesis 17:19), and in measure to that used of Hannah (1 Samuel 1:20; cf. Gretillat, 'Theologie Systematique,' p. 225; 1890). And she shall bring forth. Is the slight adversative force (δέ) to be seen in the contrast of the physical birth to the spiritual origin? A Son. In this, at least, thou shalt be able to test the accuracy of my statement. And thou shalt call. Taking the position of his father; the child being thus recognized by all as of David's line (cf. Kubel). In Luke Mary is told to give the name, but presumably the formal naming would be by Joseph. His name JESUS (cf. Ecclus. 46:1, "Jesus the son of Nave... who, according to his name, was made great for the saving of the elect of God"). For he shall save; for it is he that shall save (Revised Version), equivalent to "He, and no other, is the expected Saviour." (For αὐτός in this sense of excluding others, cf. especially Colossians 1:16-20.) It may, however, here not be exclusive, but only intensive - he being what he is. The connexion will then be - the name Jesus will answer to the fact, for he himself, in his own Person (1 John 2:2), by virtue of what he is (John 2:24, 25), shall save, etc. Jesus, equivalent to Jeshua (ver. 16, note); he shall save, equivalent to Joshi a. His people. Israel after the flesh (cf. John 1:11; Luke 2:10; contrast John 1:29; John 4:42), for whom deliverance from sins must be the first step to restoration to rightful position, and yet the last stage of result from acceptance of Christ. Comparative salvation from sin, due to acceptance of Christ, must precede that restoration which Joseph then desired, and all true Jews still ardently pray for; full salvation from sin will be the final issue of that restoration. From their sins. With a greater salvation, therefore, than that which Manoah's wife was told that her son should begin to accomplish (Judges 13:5). Observe that this promise of Christ as Saviour is given to Joseph, who had deeper experience of sin (ver. 20, note), while to Mary, who is marked by promptness of personal devotion, is given the promise of Christ as King (Luke 1:32, 33). Sate... from( σώσει... ἀπό) , not merely "out of" (ἐκ, John 12:27), but from all attacks of sin considered as coming born without (but see Matthew 6:13, note).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
She will give birth to
τέξεται (texetai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5088: A strengthened form of a primary teko tek'-o; to produce, literally or figuratively.

a Son,
υἱὸν (huion)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

you shall give
καλέσεις (kaleseis)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 2564: (a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name. Akin to the base of keleuo; to 'call'.

Him
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

name
ὄνομα (onoma)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3686: Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'.

Jesus,
Ἰησοῦν (Iēsoun)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

because
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

He
αὐτὸς (autos)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

will save
σώσει (sōsei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4982: To save, heal, preserve, rescue. From a primary sos; to save, i.e. Deliver or protect.

His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

people
λαὸν (laon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2992: Apparently a primary word; a people.

from
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

their
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

sins.”
ἁμαρτιῶν (hamartiōn)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural
Strong's 266: From hamartano; a sin.


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