# Matthew 1.25 **Book:** [Matthew](/codex/matthew-the-apostle/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 23. Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us. 24. And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took unto him his wife; > > **25. and knew her not till she had brought forth a son: and he called his name JESUS.** (Matthew 1:23-25, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 23. “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel”; which is, being interpreted, “God with us.” 24. Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself; > > **25. and didn’t know her sexually until she had given birth to her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.** (Matthew 1:23-25, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 23. Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. they: or, his name shall be called 24. Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: > > **25. And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.** (Matthew 1:23-25, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 23. 'Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,' which is, being interpreted 'With us [he is] God.' 24. And Joseph, having risen from the sleep, did as the messenger of the Lord directed him, and received his wife, > > **25. and did not know her till she brought forth her son, the first-born, and he called his name Jesus.** (Matthew 1:23-25, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Davidic Inheritance Physical Seed Objection Defeater](/codex/davidic-inheritance-physical-seed-objection-defeater/) - [Virgin Birth Is Biologically Impossible Objection Defeater](/codex/virgin-birth-is-biologically-impossible-objection-defeater/), via [Matthew 1.18-25](/codex/matthew-1-18-25/) **Concepts:** - [Incarnation](/codex/incarnation/), via [Matthew 1.18-25](/codex/matthew-1-18-25/) - [Virgin Birth](/codex/virgin-birth/), via [Matthew 1.18-25](/codex/matthew-1-18-25/) **Lexicon:** - [G1097 - ginosko](/codex/g1097-ginosko/) - [G2424 - Iesous](/codex/g2424-iesous/) - [G3933 - parthenos](/codex/g3933-parthenos/), via [Matthew 1.18-25](/codex/matthew-1-18-25/) - [G4416 - prototokos](/codex/g4416-prototokos/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.