Matthew 1:24,25 - And he called His Name Jesus

1:24,25

The angel of the Lord had appeared to Joseph in a dream. Joseph woke up and did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him to do.  So he took Mary to be his wife. We can imagine the difficulties this might have caused, as no doubt neighbours would have talked and gossiped. Joseph, however, had no sexual relations with Mary until after the birth of Jesus. Matthew is stressing the reality of the virgin birth. As noted earlier, the quote from Isaiah is not used as “proof” of the virgin birth. However, Matthew and Luke both state quite clearly that it was a virgin birth.