Called a Nazarene: No Such Words Found in the Old Testament

“...that he shall be called a Nazarene.” (Matthew 2:23)

Matthew attributes to “the prophets” the saying that Jesus would be “called a Nazarene.” No such words are to be found in the Old Testament, and it is very unlikely that Matthew would have quoted from an apocryphal “prophecy” one which had been excluded from the Old Testament Canon.

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Author: P. H. Adams

Keywords: Nazarene, Nazareth

Bible reference(s): Matthew 2:23

Source: “Difficulties in the Daily Readings,” The Testimony, Vol. 20 No. 235, July 1950, p. 295.

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