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Current focusIsaiah 11:1Open profilePassageMatthew 2:23

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  1. Matthew 2:23 alludes to Isaiah 11:1

    Disputed interpretationDisputed

    Matthew says the settlement in Nazareth fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets, that He would be called a Nazarene, but no Old Testament verse contains those words. The most common proposal hears a play on Isaiah's Branch (Hebrew netzer) from the stump of Jesse; others hear the prophets' theme of a despised Messiah, or the Nazirite of Judges 13. FaithGraph records the question as open.

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    • The Branch of Isaiah 11:1: Nazareth and the Hebrew word for branch, netzer, share consonants; Matthew may be pointing to the Branch from Jesse's stump.
    • The despised one: Nazareth was an obscure village, and several prophets speak of a Messiah despised and rejected; Matthew may be summarizing that theme.
    • Nazirite: Some connect the word to the Nazirite vow of Judges 13:5, though Jesus was not a Nazirite.

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