All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken through the prophet:
Matthew 2:23 - The Text-Critical English New Testament and came and dwelt in a town called Nazareth, so that what had been spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled: “He will be called a Nazarene.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He went and dwelt in a town called Nazareth, so that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled: He shall be called a Nazarene [Branch, Separated One]. [Isa. 11:1.] American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible He settled in a city called Nazareth so that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled: He will be called a Nazarene. Catholic Public Domain Version And arriving, he lived in a city which is called Nazareth, in order to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets: "For he shall be called a Nazarene." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And coming he dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was said by prophets: That he shall be called a Nazarene. |
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken through the prophet:
So the crowds were saying, “This is Jesus the prophet, who is from Nazareth of Galilee.”
Then he went out to the gateway, and another servant girl saw him and said to those who were there, “This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
“Leave us alone! What do yoʋ have to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have yoʋ come to destroy us? I know who yoʋ are—the Holy One of God.”
In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,
When Joseph and Mary had finished everything that was required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.
They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” (Judas, who betrayed him, was also standing with them.)
So again he asked them, “Whom do you seek?” They said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”
Pilate also wrote a notice and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.”
“Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs that God did through him in your midst, just as you yourselves well know,
For we have found this man to be a pestilent fellow, an instigator of dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.