He had a message for a young woman promised in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was a descendant of King David. Her name was Mary.

Well then, the Lord himself will give you a sign: a young woman who is pregnant will have a son and will name him 'Immanuel.'

"A virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and he will be called Immanuel" (which means, "God is with us").

But when the right time finally came, God sent his own Son. He came as the son of a human mother and lived under the Jewish Law,

But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayer, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son. You are to name him John.

A week later, when the time came for the baby to be circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name which the angel had given him before he had been conceived.

She will have a son, and you will name him Jesus---because he will save his people from their sins."

But he had no sexual relations with her before she gave birth to her son. And Joseph named him Jesus.