56. Some manuscripts read as follows: “A Child is born to us a Son is given to us;” This is the right rendering. See Driver’s Life and Times of Isaiah, p. 30, note 2. that is to say, He, Who is Son of God, is born as Mary’s child for us, and given to us. As for the fact that He is “given,” listen to the prophet’s words: “And grant us Thy salvation.” Ps. lxxxv. But that which is above us is given: what is from heaven is given: even as indeed we read concerning the Spirit, that “the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, Who is given unto us.” Rom. v. 5.