Matthew 1:21 “She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

Matthew 1:21 “She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

• Who does the angel tell Joseph that Mary will bear?    
• “She will bear a Son. . .” (Matt 1:21).

• By what name will the Son be called?
• “. . . and you shall call His name Jesus. . .” (Matt 1:21).

•     How is the name “Jesus” spoken in Hebrew?

                                   יְשׁוּעָה (Yeshua)

•   What does the name Jesus (יְשׁוּעָה (Yeshua)) mean?

                                 "help, salvation" (HALOT, 446)

• Why will the Son be called by the name Jesus (יְשׁוּעָה (Yeshua))?

•     “. . . for He will save His people from their sins” (Matt 1:21).

•    What additional insight do the following verses offer?

            •Luke 2:21   And when eight days had passed, before His circumcision, His name was then called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

            •Luke 2:11 for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

            •John 1:29   The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

            •Acts 4:12 “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”

            •Acts 5:31 “He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

            •Acts 13:23 “From the descendants of this man, according to promise, God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus,

            •Acts 13:38 “Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,

            •Acts 13:39 and through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses.

            •Col. 1:20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven.
Col. 1:21   And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds,  22 yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach —  23 if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister. 

Adonai,
Mary bore a Son, and He is Your Son, Jesus, conceived in the virgin's womb by the Holy Spirit. By Your grace, You save Your people from their sins through faith in Jesus, the Messiah, Yeshua, the song of our salvation. May ears be opened to hear Your Word revealed in grace and truth that is understood as the veil of unbelief is removed through Yeshua. May many hearts receive Him in faith, be filled with His love, and respond with thanksgiving and praise. Thank You for the miracle of the incarnation of the Word, Immanuel, Jesus, יְשׁוּעָה. May His Name be praised and His people rejoice.  In Jesus' Name, Amen.