And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
And she shall bring forth a son. Observe, it is not said, 'she shall bear thee a son,' as was said to Zacharias of his wife Elizabeth (Luke 1:13).
And thou (as his legal father) shalt call his name JESUS, х Ieesoun (G2424)] - from the Hebrew х Yªhowshuwa` (H3091), Numbers 13:16; or, as after the captivity it was contracted, Yeeshuwa` (H3442), Nehemiah 7:7]; meaning 'Yahweh the Saviour;' in Greek JESUS-to the awakened and anxious sinner sweetest and most fragrant of all names, expressing so melodiously and briefly His whole saying office and work!
For he shall save, х autos (G846) gar (G1063) soosei (G4982)]. The "He" is here emphatic-`He it is that shall save:' He personally, and by personal acts (as Webster and Wilkinson express it).
His people - the lost sheep of the house of Israel, in the first instance; because they were the only people He then had. But, on the breaking down of the middle wall of partition, the saved people embraced the "redeemed unto God by His blood out of every kindred and people and tongue and nation."
From their sins - in the most comprehensive sense of salvation from sin (Revelation 1:5; Ephesians 5:25-27.)