Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
Of this man's seed hath God, according to his promise, raised, х eegeiren (G1453)] - or, according to the preferable reading, 'brought forth' х eegagen (G71)]
Unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus. This reading [that of 'Aleph (') A B E G H, etc., both Egyptian versions, and several fathers] gives the very word (as Alford observes) which is employed by the Septuagint in Zechariah 3:8, "behold, I will bring forth х agoo (G71), meebiy'] my Servant the Branch." The emphasis of the statement lies, first, in the seed from which Christ sprang-that of David-and the promise that He should do so, which was thus fulfilled; and next, in the character-that of a SAVIOUR-in which this promised Messiah was at length given, His personal name JESUS being added just to express this saving character (see the note at Matthew 1:21).