“This fellow is an imbecile. Here is Matthew testifying to Christ’s deity here:
Mat_1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.”
Hmmm. The problem with your citation is that it is wrong. Matthew 1:23 is quoting the prophet Isaiah who said the Messiah would be named Emmanuel.
The writer of the Book of Matthew has to deal with that prophetic statement, well known in Jewish tradition, so he virtually copies the wording from Isaiah in Matthew 1:20.
So if you look at Matthew 1:20 above, you’ll that the writer is trying to relate & connect the virgin birth with the Isaiah prophecy reference, but he has to admit that the angel tells Joseph to name the child Jesus, not Emmanuel. Nowhere in the New Testament is Jesus referred to as being named Emmanuel.
Imbecility must be catching.
Immanuel, literally means God with us. The "El" part is God, and the Immanu is "with us." The reference is not to the name of Jesus, which, however, still contains the name of God in it, but to the virgin birth by the power of the Holy Spirit, the history of which Matthew just got done telling, which testifies to His deity.
As for the rest of your nonsense, your basis was that Matthew did not testify of Christ's deity, or, at least, your hack liberal scholar. Whether you think Matthew is wrong to assert Christ's divinity is irrelevant to the original claim.