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After Jesus was
born and Herod died, an angel once again appeared
and directed him to take Jesus to Israel and to the
town of
Nazareth.
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Matthew
2:19-23
Jesus the
Nazarene
- My family and I
would like to wish you and your family a
very
Merry
Christmas!!
The Christmas Story
2:19
After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in
a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20 and said, "Get up,
take the child and his mother and go to the land of
Israel, for those who were trying to take the
child's life are dead."
21 So he got up, took the
child and his mother and went to the land of
Israel.
22 But when he heard that
Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his
father Herod, he was afraid to go there.
Having been warned in a
dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, 23
and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth.
So was fulfilled what was
said through the prophets: "He will be called a
Nazarene."
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This
is the Word of the Lord ... It is meant to
change the way that we think, and the way that
we live.
Commentary
by Bob Pardue
Jesus Becomes a
Nazarene
- The Old Testament does
not record this specific statement, 'He will be
called a Nazarene.'
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- Many scholars believe,
however, that Matthew is referring to Isaiah
11:1 which is ..
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- "A shoot will come up
from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch
will bear fruit."
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The Hebrew word for
'branch' is similar to the word for Nazarene. Or
he may be referring to a prophecy which was not
entered in the Bible.
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- In any case, Matthew
paints the picture of Jesus as the true Messiah
announced by God through the prophets; and he
makes the point that Jesus, the Messiah, had
unexpectedly humble beginnings, just as the Old
Testament had predicted in Micah 5:2
..
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- "But you, Bethlehem
Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans
of Judah, out of you will come for me one who
will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are
from of old, from ancient times.
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It's amazing how this chain
of events took place which protected Jesus and
brought hin out of harms way in order for him to
fulfill his destiny... A destiny which included
dying on the cross and rising again so that we
might live.
Love in Christ
- Bob
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Verses about Jesus being taken to Egypt to
flee Harod are from Life Application Study
Bible: New International Version
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