Matthew 2:23

Matthew 2:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.”

Context of Matthew 2:23

21So he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel. 22But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee. He came to a town called Nazareth and lived there. Then what had been spoken by the prophets was fulfilled, that Jesus would be called a Nazarene.

Matthew 2:23 word by word

καὶ ἐλθὼν κατῴκησεν εἰς πόλιν λεγομένην Ναζαρέτ, ὅπως πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ τῶν προφητῶν ὅτι Ναζωραῖος κληθήσεται.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• and dweltκατοικέωkatoikeō · to dwellG2730
• inεἰςeis · towardG1519
• a cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• calledλέγωlegō · to say: callG3004
• NazarethΝαζαρέθ, ΝαζαράNazareth Nazaret · NazarethG3478
• thatὅπωςhopōs · thatG3704
• it might be fulfilledπληρόωplēroō · to fulfillG4137
• whichὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• was spokenἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• the prophetsπροφήτηςprophētēs · prophetG4396
• ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• He shall be calledκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
• a NazareneΝαζωραῖοςNazōraios · NazarethG3480

Cross-references for Matthew 2:23

• John 18:5They replied, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He told them, “I am he.” (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing there with them.)
• John 19:19Pilate also had a notice written and fastened to the cross, which read: “Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews.”
• Acts 2:22“Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know –
• Matthew 26:71When he went out to the gateway, another slave girl saw him and said to the people there, “This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.”
• Numbers 6:13“‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite: When the days of his separation are fulfilled, he must be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting,
• Judges 13:5Look, you will conceive and have a son. You must never cut his hair, for the child will be dedicated to God from birth. He will begin to deliver Israel from the power of the Philistines.”
• 1 Samuel 1:11She made a vow saying, “O Lord of hosts, if you will look with compassion on the suffering of your female servant, remembering me and not forgetting your servant, and give a male child to your servant, then I will dedicate him to the Lord all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut.”
• Psalms 69:9Certainly zeal for your house consumes me; I endure the insults of those who insult you.
• Isaiah 53:1Who would have believed what we just heard? When was the Lord’s power revealed through him?
• Amos 2:10I brought you up from the land of Egypt; I led you through the wilderness for forty years so you could take the Amorites’ land as your own.
• John 1:45Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about – Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
• Acts 24:5For we have found this man to be a troublemaker, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

Commentaries on Matthew 2:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets - It is difficult to ascertain by what prophets this was spoken. The margin usually refers to Judges 13:5, where the angel, foretelling the birth of Samson, says, No razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazarite (נזיר nezir ) unto God from the womb. The second passage usually referred to is Isaiah 11:1; : There shall come forth a rod from the stem of Jesse, and a Branch (נצר…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23And he came and dwelt - That is, he made it his permanent residence. The Lord Jesus, in fact, resided there until he entered on the work of his ministry until he was about 30 years of age. In a city called Nazareth - This was a small town, situated in Galilee, west of Capernaum, and not far from Cana. It was built partly in a valley and partly on the declivity of a hill, Luke 4:29. A hill is yet pointed out, to the south of Nazareth, as the one from which…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-23Verses 19-23 Egypt may serve to sojourn in, or take shelter in, for awhile, but not to abide in. Christ was sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, to them he must return. Did we but look upon the world as our Egypt, the place of our bondage and banishment, and heaven only as our Canaan, our home, our rest, we should as readily arise and depart thither, when we are called for, as Joseph did out of Egypt. The family must settle in Galilee. Nazareth…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23“He will be called a Nazarene”: Matthew connects the name Nazareth with words from the prophets (see Isaiah 11:1, where the Messiah is called a “Branch,” [Hebrew netser]; and Judges 13:5, where Samson is called a “Nazirite”).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth--a small town in Lower Galilee, lying in the territory of the tribe of Zebulun, and about equally distant from the Mediterranean Sea on the west and the Sea of Galilee on the east. Note--If, from Lu 2:39, one would conclude that the parents of Jesus brought Him straight back to Nazareth after His presentation in the temple--as if there had been no visit of the Magi, no flight to Egypt, no stay there, and…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 2:23

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In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Matthew 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings