Matthew 1:21

The Passion Translation

She will give birth to a son and you are to name him ‘Savior,’ for he is destined to give his life to save his people from their sins.”

Cross References

Acts 13:23

“From David’s lineage God brought Israel a Savior, just as he promised.

Acts 4:12

There is no one else who has the power to save us, for there is only one name to whom God has given authority by which we must experience salvation: the name of Jesus.”

John 1:29

The very next day, John saw Jesus coming to him to be baptized, and John cried out, “Look! There he is—God’s Lamb! He takes away the sin of the entire world!

1 John 3:5

And you know without a doubt that Jesus was revealed to eradicate sins, and there is no sin in him. Anyone who continues to live in union with him will not sin.

Luke 2:21

On the day of the baby’s circumcision ceremony, eight days after his birth, his parents gave him the name Jesus, the name prophesied by the angel before he was born.

Acts 5:31

He’s the one God has exalted and seated at his right hand as our Savior and Champion. He is the provider of grace as the Redeemer of Israel.

Luke 1:31

You will become pregnant with a baby boy, and you are to name him Jesus.

Titus 2:14

He sacrificed himself for us that he might purchase our freedom from every lawless deed and to purify for himself a people who are his very own, passionate to do what is beautiful in his eyes.

Luke 2:11

For today in Bethlehem a rescuer was born for you. He is the Lord Yahweh, the Messiah.

1 John 1:7

But if we keep living in the pure light that surrounds him, we share unbroken fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, continually cleanses us from all sin.

Acts 3:26

“Now that God raised up his Son, he has chosen to send him first to you that he might bless you by turning each one of you from your wickedness.”

Revelation 7:14

I answered, “My lord—you must know.” Then he said to me, “They are ones who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb and have emerged from the midst of great pressure and ordeal.

Hebrews 7:25

So he is able to save fully from now throughout eternity, everyone who comes to God through him, because he lives to pray continually for them.

Daniel 9:24

“God has decreed for your people and for the holy city a period of seventy times seven for these reasons: to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to cancel guilt, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to confirm the prophetic vision, and to anoint the Most Holy One.

Jeremiah 23:6

Under his rule, Judah and Israel will be kept safe and secure. He will be known by this name: Yahweh, Our Righteousness!

Genesis 18:10

Then one spoke up and said, “I will return about this time next year, when your wife Sarah will certainly have a son.” Sarah overheard it, for she was at the tent door not far behind him.

Luke 1:13

But the angel reassured him, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Zechariah! God is showing grace to you. For I have come to tell you that your prayer for a child has been answered. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son and you are to name him John.

Jeremiah 33:16

Under his rule, Judah will triumph and Jerusalem will live in safety. And the city will be called Yahweh Is Our Righteousness.”

Genesis 17:19

God said, “Listen to me. I promise that you and Sarah will have a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will confirm my everlasting covenant of love with him and his seed.

Genesis 17:21

But my everlasting covenant relationship is with Isaac, who will be born to you and Sarah about this time next year.”

Judges 13:3

but the Angel of Yahweh appeared to her and said, “Look here! You are no longer barren and childless, for you will conceive and give birth to a son.

Matthew 1:25

but they refrained from having sex until she gave birth to her firstborn son, whom they named “Jesus.”

John 4:42

The Samaritans said to the woman, “Now we’ve heard him ourselves. We no longer believe just because of what you told us, but we’re convinced that he really is the true Savior of the world!”