- Who
- Isaiah
- To
- King Ahaz of Judah
- Where
- Jerusalem, c. 735 BC, under threat from Syria and Israel
- When
- A sign offered to faithless Ahaz — a son named Immanuel
Why:Matthew sees the prophecy's deepest fulfillment in Jesus, the true 'God with us.'
Context:Many scholars read a double horizon: an immediate child in Isaiah's day and the final, virgin-born Messiah. Matthew makes the second fulfillment explicit.
