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In Christian interpretation, based partly on the proximity of a quote of Isaiah 9:2 found in Matthew 4, [16] the name is taken as referring to Jesus and Messianic prophecy. The full verse "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The ...
The English Standard Version (ESV) is a translation of the Bible in contemporary English. Published in 2001 by Crossway , the ESV was "created by a team of more than 100 leading evangelical scholars and pastors."
The interpretation of Isaiah 9:1–2 by the author of the Gospel of Matthew has led Christian authors to hint at its messianic applications. [43] While the Gospel of Matthew modifies a Greek Septuagint interpretation of scripture (Isaiah 8:23–9:2), [38] in the Masoretic text it refers to the "region of the nations". [44]
In 2001, Crossway published the English Standard Version (ESV), its revision of the 1971 text edition of the RSV. [14] In comparison to the RSV, the ESV reverts certain disputed passages to their prior rendering as found in the ASV. [a] Unlike the NRSV, the ESV, depending on the context, prefers to use gender-inclusive language sparingly. [17]
By its own context, this paragraph appears misplaced; in the verse preceding this pericope (namely verse 7:52) Jesus is conversing or arguing with a group of men, and in the verse following this pericope (verse 8:12) he is speaking "again unto them", even though verses 8:9–10 would indicate he was alone in the Temple courtyard and also that a ...
Pele-joez-el-gibbor-abi-ad-sar-shalom [a] is a prophetic name or title which occurs in Isaiah 9:5 in the Hebrew Bible or Isaiah 9:6 in English Bibles. It is one of a series of prophetic names found in chapters 7, 8 and 9 of the Book of Isaiah, including most notably Immanuel [b] and Maher-shalal-hash-baz [c] in the previous chapter (Isaiah 8:1–3), which is a reference to the impending ...
Since the sign of Immanuel (Isaiah 7:14-17) gives an undisclosed time in the future, another sign is given to deal with the contemporary scene, in the form of a child with an ordinary birth and a name which would be a standing witness (cf. Isaiah 8:18) to the prophecy both about 'the enemy at the gate' (verse 4; cf. Isaiah 7:16) and about the next victim of the Assyrians, which is Judah itself ...
One of the most well-known verses in Isaiah 7 is the prophecy of Immanuel: "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." (Isaiah 7:14, ESV) This prophecy is interpreted in two primary ways: