What are the prophecies about Mary giving birth to the Lord Jesus?

Answer 1

A:There is no Old Testament prophecy of the birth of a Messiah. A Christian tradition is that Isaiah 7:14 was a prophecy of the virgin birth of the Messiah: "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." Although it does not actually mention Jesus, this does seem to be a prophecy of his birth, but this is based on the Septuagint, an early, flawed Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures. The original Hebrew text does not say, "a virgin," it says, "the young woman." The young woman, a prophetess, did have a child a few verses later, at verse 8:3, but was not a virgin.

Answer 2

Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.

Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Answer 3

Matthew erroneously believed Micah predicted it would be Bethlehem.

Micah 5.2 says, "But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel . . ."

But, scholars believe this was not a reference to a place but a person.

First, there weren't thousands of towns in Judea at the time. There were less than 100.

Then there's this clarification of whom he was speaking:

"These [are] the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,[snip many names]...These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim, Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader." (1 Chronicles 2:1-51)

Also, Jesus was never "ruler of Israel," so it could not have been a reference to him.