Matthew 2:23

Joseph, Mary, And Jesus Return To Nazareth

²² But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee. ²³ Then he went and settled in a town called Nazareth to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets, that He will be called a Nazarene.

By the Prophets

Spoken by the Prophet

That It Might Be Fulfilled

Jesus

Nazarene

Nazareth

Nazarite

Judges 13:5

for indeed, you will conceive and give birth to a son. You must never cut his hair, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from birth, and he will begin to save Israel from the power of the Philistines.”

John 1:45-46

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law (and so did the prophets): Jesus the son of Joseph, from Nazareth!”

1 Samuel 1:11

Making a vow, she pleaded, “Lord of Hosts, if You will take notice of Your servant’s affliction, remember and not forget me, and give Your servant a son, I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.”

Luke 1:26

In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

John 18:5

“Jesus the Nazarene,” they answered.

“I am He,” Jesus told them.

Judas, who betrayed Him, was also standing with them.

John 18:7

Then He asked them again, “Who is it you’re looking for?”

“Jesus the Nazarene,” they said.

John 19:19

Pilate also had a sign lettered and put on the cross. The inscription was:

JESUS THE NAZARENE

THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Numbers 6:13

“This is the law of the Nazirite: On the day his time of consecration is completed, he must be brought to the entrance to the tent of meeting.

Psalm 69:9-10

because zeal for Your house has consumed me,
and the insults of those who insult You
have fallen on me.

Isaiah 53:1-2

Who has believed what we have heard?
And who has the arm of the Lord been revealed to?

Amos 2:10-12

And I brought you from the land of Egypt
and led you 40 years in the wilderness
in order to possess the land of the Amorite.

Matthew 1:22

Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

Matthew 26:71

When he had gone out to the gateway, another woman saw him and told those who were there, “This man was with Jesus the Nazarene!”

Mark 1:24

“What do You have to do with us, Jesus—Nazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

Luke 2:39

When they had completed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

Acts 2:22

“Men of Israel, listen to these words: This Jesus the Nazarene was a man pointed out to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs that God did among you through Him, just as you yourselves know.

Acts 24:5

For we have found this man to be a plague, an agitator among all the Jews throughout the Roman world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes!