And in his name the Gentiles will hope. The Isaiah Servant Song's climax applied to Jesus: the Gentiles' hope is placed in him. The Gentile hope that the servant establishes is the universal dimension of the messianic mission that Matthew traces from the magi (chapter 2) through the centurion (chapter 8) to the Great Commission (chapter 28). The name in which the Gentiles hope is the name Matthew announced in 1:21: Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.

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