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Matthew 2:23

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 23 And he came and settled in a city named Nazʹa·reth,+ in order to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Naz·a·reneʹ.”*+

Matthew 2:23

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 23 καὶ and ἐλθὼν having come κατῴκησεν he settled εἰς into πόλιν city λεγομένην being said Ναζαρέτ, Nazareth, ὅπως so that πληρωθῇ might be fulfilled τὸ the (thing) ῥηθὲν spoken διὰ through τῶν the προφητῶν prophets ὅτι that Ναζωραῖος Nazarene κληθήσεται. he will be called.

Matthew 2:23

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 23 and came and dwelt in a city named Nazʹa·reth,*+ that there might be fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Naz·a·reneʹ.”*+

Matthew 2:23

The Bible in Living English
- 23 and came and settled in a city called Nazareth, so that what was said through the prophets, “He shall be called a Nazarene,” should be fulfilled.

Matthew 2:23

American Standard Version
- 23 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.

Matthew 2:23

The Emphasized Bible
- 23 and came and fixed his dwelling in a city called Nazareth,—that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets—A Nazarene shall he be called.

Matthew 2:23

King James Version
- 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.

Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 2

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 2:23
  
  Nazareth: Probably meaning “Sprout-Town.” Nazareth was the town in Lower Galilee where Jesus lived most of his earthly life.
  
  spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene”: Evidently referring to the book written by the prophet Isaiah (Isa 11:1), in which the promised Messiah is referred to as ‘a sprout [Hebrew, neʹtser] out of the roots of Jesse.’ Since Matthew speaks of “prophets” in plural, he may also have been referring to Jeremiah, who wrote about “a righteous sprout” as an offshoot of David (Jer 23:5; 33:15), and to Zechariah, who describes a king-priest “whose name is Sprout” (Zec 3:8; 6:12, 13). The term “Nazarene” became an epithet applied to Jesus and later to his followers.