KJV King James Version
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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Matthew 2:23
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.”
WEB World English Bible
and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and coming, he dwelt in a city named Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophets, that ‘A Nazarene he shall be called.’
Surrounding context — Matthew 2
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 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:
23 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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καὶG2532 · kaiandἐλθὼνG2064 · erchomaito come/goκατῴκησενG2730 · katoikeōto dwellεἰςG1519 · eistowardπόλινG4172 · poliscityλεγομένηνG3004 · legōto sayΝαζαρέτ,G3478 · Nazareth, NazaraNazarethὅπωςG3704 · hopōsthatπληρωθῇG4137 · plēroōto fulfillτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoῥηθὲνG2046 · erōto sayδιὰG1223 · diathrough/because ofτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoπροφητῶνG4396 · prophētēsprophetὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatΝαζωραῖοςG3480 · NazōraiosNazarethκληθήσεται.¶G2564 · kaleōto call: call
Cross-references
Judges 13:5For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no rasor 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.John 1:45-46Philip 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.Mark 1:24Saying, 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.Matthew 1:22Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,Matthew 26:71And when he was gone out into the porch, another [maid] saw him, and said unto them that were there, This [fellow] was also with Jesus of Nazareth.John 18:5They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am [he]. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.Luke 1:26And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,John 19:19And Pilate wrote a title, and put [it] on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.Acts 24:5For 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:Luke 2:39And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.John 18:7Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.Acts 2:22Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:Amos 2:10-12Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.1 Samuel 1:11And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no rasor come upon his head.Numbers 6:13And this [is] the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:Isaiah 53:1-2Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?Psalm 69:9-10For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
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