Matthew 1:22

²⁰ But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

²¹ She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:

²³ “Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).

²⁴ When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and embraced Mary as his wife.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
KJV: Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
WEB: Now all this has happened that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
ASV: Now all this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
DARBY: Now all this came to pass that that might be fulfilled which was spoken by [the] Lord, through the prophet, saying,
BLB: And all this has come to pass so that it might be fulfilled, that having been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

ÅB: Men alt dette skjedde for å oppfylle det Herren talte ved profeten, som sier:
OTB: Alt dette skjedde for å oppfylle det som Herren hadde talt gjennom profeten:
B1930: Men alt dette skjedde forat det skulde opfylles som er talt av Herren ved profeten, som sier:

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Luke 24:44
Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
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1 Kings 8:15
and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
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Matthew 2:23
and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
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Acts 3:18
But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.
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1 Kings 8:24
You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.
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Ezra 1:1
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
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John 17:12
While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
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Matthew 13:35
So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
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