Matthew 2:23

21 So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.

22 But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,

and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
KJV
And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
WEB
and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets that he will be called a Nazarene.
ASV
and came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, that he should be called a Nazarene.
DARBY
and came and dwelt in a town called Nazareth; so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, He shall be called a Nazaraean.
BLB
And having come, he dwelt in a city being called Nazareth, so that it might be fulfilled, that having been spoken through the prophets, that “He will be called a Nazarene.”
ÅB
Og han slo seg ned i en by som heter Nasaret, for at det skulle oppfylles som er talt ved profetene, at han skal kalles en nasareer.
OTB
og bosatte seg i en by som heter Nasaret. Dette var for å oppfylle det som var talt gjennom profetene: “Han skal kalles en nasareer.”
B1930
Og han kom og tok bolig i en by som heter Nasaret, forat det skulde opfylles som er talt ved profetene, at han skal kalles en nasareer.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Judges 13:5

    For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”

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  • John 1:45–46

    Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

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  • Mark 1:24

    “What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

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  • John 18:5

    “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. Jesus said, “I am He.” And Judas His betrayer was standing there with them.

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  • John 19:19

    Pilate also had a notice posted on the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

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  • John 18:7

    So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.

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  • Luke 1:26

    In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

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  • Luke 2:39

    When Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

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