Matthew 2:23
and went and lived in a city called Nazareth. This fulfilled what had been spoken through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.
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Numbers 6:13This is the law about the Nazirite for when the time of his separation is complete. He must be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting.
1 Samuel 1:11She made a vow and said, “Yahweh of hosts, if you will look on the affliction of your servant and call me to mind, and do not forget your servant, but give your servant a son, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and no razor will ever touch his head.”
Isaiah 53:1Who has believed what they heard from us, and to whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed? 1
Matthew 1:22All this happened to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, 1
Mark 1:24saying, “What do we have to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are the Holy One of God!”
Luke 2:39When they had finished everything they were required to do according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 2:20-23
Christ's Return from Egypt. 19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life. 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 Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God… Read the whole commentary →