Matthew 1:21

Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe angel names the child before He is born, and gives the reason: 'thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.' Jesus is the Greek form of Yehoshua, 'the LORD saves.' The name tells you what He is. Through Isaiah God said, 'I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour' (Isa. 43:11). Here the one Saviour takes a name, and it is Jesus. That is why the apostles preached, healed and baptized in it: 'there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved' (Acts 4:12); 'be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins' (Acts 2:38). The name the angel announced is the name the church calls on.

JewishYeshua, a form of Yehoshua (Joshua), was a common Jewish name. Judaism does not accept the claim. In the Hebrew Scriptures, saving Israel from sin is God's own work: 'he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities' (Ps. 130:8).

CatholicThe Holy Name. The Catechism says the name of Jesus means that the very name of God is present in the person of His Son made man (CCC 432).

ProtestantThe purpose of the incarnation, stated at the start of the New Testament. He came to save His people from their sins, not just from Rome.

OrthodoxThe saving Name, prayed in the Jesus Prayer: 'Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me.'

Dispensational'His people' are first Israel, then all who believe. Salvation from sin comes before national restoration.

AcademicMatthew relies on the Hebrew meaning of the name (Yehoshua, 'YHWH saves'), which a Greek reader would miss. The clause echoes Psalm 130:8. Payne counts it as a prophecy because the angel foretells what the child will do.