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What does Matthew 1:25 mean?
"and didn’t know her sexually until she had given birth to her firstborn son. He named him Jesus."
— Matthew 1:25 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
“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.”
Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself;
and didn’t know her sexually until she had given birth to her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.
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