Matthew 1:21 facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Matthew 1:21
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Gaetano Gandolfi's Joseph's Dream, c. 1790
Book	Gospel of Matthew
Christian Bible part	New Testament

Matthew 1:21 is the twenty-first verse of the first chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. Joseph is being spoken to in a dream by an angel. In this verse, the angel tells Joseph to call the child "Jesus", "because he will save his people from their sins".

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The original Koine Greek, according to Westcott and Hort, reads:

τεξεται δε υιον και καλεσεις το ονομα αυτου ιησουν αυτος

γαρ σωσει τον λαον αυτου απο των αμαρτιων αυτων

(texetai de huion kai kaleseis to onoma autou Iēsoun autos

gar sōsei ton laon autou apo tōn hamartiōn autōn)

In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his

name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

The World English Bible translates the passage as:

She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name Jesus,

for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."

For a collection of other versions see BibleHub Matthew 1:21.