Matthew 2:23 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 2:23

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.”

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Parallel translations (2) ▾

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.

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

Had he meant to quote a particular text, he would not have written 'Prophets,' but 'the Prophet.' By thus using the plural he evidently does not take the words of any one passage in Scripture, but the sense of the whole. Nazarene is interpreted 'Holyd,' and that the Lord would be Holy, all Scripture testifies. Otherwise we may explain that it is found in Isaiah (c. 11:1.) rendered to the strict letter of the Hebrew. There shall come a Rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Nazarene shall grow out of His rootse.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth,.... Which was a city of Galilee, and where Joseph and Mary had both dwelt before, Luk 1:26 here they came and fixed their habitation, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet. This affair of going into Galilee, and settling at Nazareth, was brought about with this view, to accomplish what had been foretold by the prophets, or prophet, the plural number being used for the singular, as in Joh 6:

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

He came and dwelt in Nazareth - (where he had dwelt before he went to Bethlehem) a place contemptible to a proverb. So that hereby was fulfilled what has been spoken in effect by several of the prophets, (though by none of them in express words, ) He shall be called a Nazarene - that is, he shall be despised and rejected, shall be a mark of public contempt and reproach.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1632: “The Nazarene and the Sect of the Nazarenes” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1881)

WE find the Jews speaking of Paul, and they say, "We have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes"—Acts 24:5. Thus it appears that our Lord and Master is called a Nazarene and His disciples are styled "the sect of the Nazarenes," while Christian doctrine was called, by the Jews, the heresy of the Nazarenes. Our Savior, though actually born at Bethlehem, was commonly known as Jesus of Nazareth, because Nazareth was the place where He was brought up.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐλθὼν	elthōn	having come	G2064 →
κατῴκησεν	katōkēsen	he dwelt	G2730 →
εἰς	eis	in	G1519 →
πόλιν	polin	a city	G4172 →
λεγομένην	legomenēn	being named	G3004 →
Ναζαρέτ,	Nazaret	Nazareth,	G3478 →
ὅπως	hopōs	so that	G3704 →
πληρωθῇ	plērōthēa	it may be fulfilled	G4137 →
τὸ	to	that	G3588 →
ῥηθὲν	rhēthen	having been spoken	G2046 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
προφητῶν	prophētōn	prophets	G4396 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
Ναζωραῖος	Nazōraios	A Nazarene	G3480 →
κληθήσεται.¶	klēthēsetai	He will be called.	G2564 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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…
leads to
- Numbers 6:5
  For the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall pass over his head. He must be holy until the time of his separation to the LORD is complete; he must let…
- 1 Samuel 1:11
  And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then…
- Numbers 6:2–3
  “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,
Through
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!”
leads to
- James 2:19
  You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
- Matthew 8:29
  “What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
- Acts 3:14
  You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
- Luke 4:34
  “Ha! 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!”
Through
Acts 24:5
We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
leads to
- Acts 28:22
  But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”