Matthew Chapter 1 verse 22 Holy Bible
Now all this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
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Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true,
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Now all this came to pass that that might be fulfilled which was spoken by [the] Lord, through the prophet, saying,
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Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
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Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
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And all this hath come to pass, that it may be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 22, 23. - The evidence of prophecy. ("Now all this was done .... God with us.") The Revised Version omits the marks of parenthesis. From a comparison of Matthew 26:56 (and perhaps also Matthew 21:4), this is not the utterance of the evangelist, but of the previous speaker, yet formulated by the evangelist (cf. Weiss). The thought, that is to say, is still part of the angel's encouragement to Joseph; the exact mode of expressing the record of that thought is the evangelist's; so also Tatian's 'Diattess.' (or perhaps only Ephraem's comment upon it; cf. Zahn), Quod si dubitas, Isaiam audi. Verse 22. - All this; τοῦτο ὅλον (not ταῦτα πάντα). The birth of a Saviour, with the means by which it came about, by a virgin, and "of the Holy Ghost." Was done; is come to pass (Revised Version); i.e. in abiding effect (γέγονεν). It is considered as having already taken place (cf. "the prophetic perfect" of the Old Testament). That it might be fulfilled. God's past utterance is looked at as necessitating a present action. Which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying; by the Lord through (Revised Version); i.e. the Lord is the Agent (ὑπό), the prophet the means or instrument (διά). The Lord; i.e. Jehovah, not "God," because the thought is of covenant promise.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(22) All this was done.--The Evangelist pauses in his narrative to introduce his own comment. He saw in what he relates that which answered to the apparent meaning of prophetic words. He could not possibly regard the agreement as a chance coincidence; and, as chance was excluded, there was no alternative but purpose. The prophecy and the event entered both of them into a divine plan.
