Matthew Chapter 1 verse 25 Holy Bible
and knew her not till she had brought forth a son: and he called his name JESUS.
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And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.
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and knew her not until she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name Jesus.
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And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
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and didn't know her sexually until she had brought forth her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.
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and did not know her till she brought forth her son -- the first-born, and he called his name Jesus.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 25. - And knew her not. The tense (ἐγίνωσκεν) brings out the continuance of Joseph's obedient self-restraint. "He was dwelling in holiness with her" (Tatian's 'Diatess.'). Till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. Thus the angel's promise is so far fulfilled. A son (Revised Version); "her firstborn," though found as early as Tatian's.' Diatess.,' having been added from Luke 2:7. Though no great stress can be laid on the word "till" (ἕως [οϋ], Basil refers to Genesis 8:7; comp. also Psalm exit. 8), nor even on "firstborn," which suggested to a Jew rather consecration (Luke 2:23) than the birth of other children (comp. Bishop Lightfoot on Galatians, p. 270, edit. 1890); yet it is a reasonable inference from the passage as a whole that the οὐκ ἐγίνωσκεν was not continued after the birth of the Son. Whether, however, other children were born to Mary or not, the true text of this passage gives no hint. And he called his name JESUS (ver. 21, note). Observe that this name had already occurred in Joseph's family (Luke 3:29). It is, however, now given in sign of Joseph's faith in him and his work.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(25) Till she had brought forth her first-born son.--The word "firstborn" is not found in the best MSS. The questions which meet us here, unprofitable as they are, cannot be altogether passed over. What bearing have these words on the widespread belief of Christendom in the perpetual maidenhood of Mary? On what grounds does that belief itself rest?
