Two virgin births in the Bible, who knew?

Crazyguy

In the famous verse from Mathew chapter 1 verse 23 I believe the writer proclaims that Mary a virgin was going to give birth to a son he would be called Emmanuel. He even stated this was to fulfill a prophecy.

Thats prophecy is in Isaiah chapter 7:14.

Funny thing is the writer of Mathew read the scrolls the same way JWs do today. For if you keep reading the verses in Isaiah the prophet was stating a child would be born during the time of king Ahaz and before this child new from right or wrong so to speak two kings that were about to destroy Ahaz would be no more.

The greatest prophecy of all time! Jesus virgin birth and it wasn’t even a prophecy about him at all! And they call me crazy.

Bobcat

Hi Cg,

Here is a post I made on another site where I included comments about Mt 1;23 from the NICNT-Matthew commentary. Look a little ways down in the post where Matthew 1:23 is cited for the part that is pertinent to that verse.

Hope your Saturday has been good. I'm sitting here and watching a documentary on Hitler and WWII on NGTV.