Where in the Book of Isaiah is the first mention of the coming of Jesus Christ?

Answer 1

Jesus is never mentioned in the Book of Isaiah by name nor in any way that could unambiguously identify him.

Matthew's Gospel refers to Isaiah, verse 7:14, saying that a virgin was prophesied to conceive and bear a child. However, this is only to be found in the Septuagint, a flawed, early Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures. The actual Hebrew text refers to "the young woman" and the the young woman in question did indeed bear a child a few verses later. Even if the reference to a virgin was in the Hebrew scripture, this could refer to anyone in the last two and a half thousand years of the next ten thousand years.

Answer 2

A:I have read the entire Book of Isaiah quite carefully and have found no mention of the coming of Jesus Christ. Matthew's Gospel does say that Isaiah 7:14 was a prophecy that Jesus would be born of a virgin and, if true, this would be the first mention of the birth of Jesus.

Matthew relies on the Septuagint, a flawed early Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures. Although not actually mentioning Jesus, this verse in the Septuagint says: "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virginshall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." However, what the prophet Isaiah actually wrote in the original Hebrew was, "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, the young woman shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." There is no suggestion that this was about a virgin, and the young woman in question did have a child just a few verses later in Isaiah's book.

Isaiah never wrote of Jesus, but by reading in English from the erroneous Septuagint Greek translation, we too can choose to believe that Isaiah 7:14 was the first mention of the birth of Jesus.

Another Answer:

The risen Jesus explained that He was to fulfill all prophecies spoken of Him:

Luke 24:25-27New King James Version (NKJV)

25 Then He said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 26Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?" 27 And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

Concerning the Prophet Isaiah who is the most often quoted Prophet in the New Testament and his book is sometimes referred to as 'the little Bible,' the first mention of the coming Jesus is the 'Immanuel Prophecy' of Isaiah 7:10; 8:8 mentioned in Matthew 1:23. It continues onward to verse 7:14 with the virgin birth mentioned in Luke 1:26-35.

All in all, there are over 100 Old Testament Prophecies fulfilled by Jesus Christ - the mathematical probability of any one person fulfilling each of these is astronomical - yet nothing is impossible for God.