Matthew 2:23

21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:

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.

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, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

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  • John 1:45–46

    Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

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  • Mark 1:24

    Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

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  • John 18:5

    They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.

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  • John 19:19

    And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.

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  • John 18:7

    Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.

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  • Luke 1:26

    And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

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  • Luke 2:39

    And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

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