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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Nazarene (Nazareth)
It means from Nazareth, Jesus' home town, and it became the name for his followers too, "the sect of the Nazarenes" in Acts 24:5. Matthew ties it to prophecy, possibly playing on the Hebrew word for "branch" in Isaiah 11. Arabic and Hebrew still call Christians by it.
It means from Nazareth, Jesus' home town, and it became the name for his followers too, "the sect of the Nazarenes" in Acts 24:5. Matthew ties it to prophecy, possibly playing on the Hebrew word for "branch" in Isaiah 11. Arabic and Hebrew still call Christians by it.
Nazarene marks Jesus as a native of Nazareth, the small Galilean town where he grew up, and by extension became the name for his early followers, who were known in Jerusalem as "the sect of the Nazarenes" in Acts 24:5. Matthew connects the title to Old Testament prophecy, possibly playing on the Hebrew word for "branch" used of the coming Messiah in Isaiah 11. The name is still the standard Arabic and Hebrew word for Christians today.
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- Matthew 2:23
- Matthew 26:71
- Luke 18:37
- John 18:5
- John 18:7
- John 19:19
- Acts 2:22
- Acts 3:6
- Acts 4:10
- Acts 6:14
- Acts 22:8
- Acts 24:5
- Acts 26:9
