Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
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Gill's Exposition
Now all this was done,.... These are not the words of the Angel, but of the Evangelist; observing that Mary's being with child of the Holy Ghost, and her conception in such an extraordinary manner,…
Barnes' Notes
Now all this was done - The prophecy here quoted is recorded in Isa 7:14. See the notes at that passage. The prophecy was delivered about 740 years before Christ, in the reign of Ahaz, king of Judah.…
The mystery of Christ's incarnation is to be adored, not pried into. If we know not the way of the Spirit in the formation of common persons, nor how the bones are formed in the womb of any one that…
Cambridge Bible
was done Rather, has come to pass. The Evangelist speaks as a contemporary.
that it might be fulfilled By this formula the Evangelist recognises in the event described a fulfilment of a type or…
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