Why isn't Jesus named Emmanuel?

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This may seem like a dumb question but I am puzzled. Why in Matthew 1:23 is it stated that “they shall name him Emmanuel, which means God is with us,” but in 1:25, it states “and he named him Jesus*”* which name does not have that meaning (“God is with us”).
 
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