25And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-25)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 is with child (Eccl. 11:5), much less do we know how the blessed Jesus was formed in the womb of the blessed virgin. When David admires how he himself was made in secret , and curiously wrought (Ps. 13…
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