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andκαὶhe cameἐλθὼνand settledκατῴκησενinεἰςa townπόλινcalledλεγομένηνNazareth,Ναζαρέτso thatὅπωςwhat was spokenτὸ ῥηθὲνthroughδιὰthe prophetsτῶν προφητῶνmight be fulfilled:πληρωθῇ“He will be calledκληθήσεταιa Nazarene.”Ναζωραῖος
Matthew 2:23
Study it in the app“and he came and settled in a town called Nazareth, so that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled: “He will be called a Nazarene.””
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 2:23, word by word
- he cameἐλθὼνelthōn
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “elthōn” appears- and settledκατῴκησενkatōikēsen
dwell, live
Dwell, live in a place, inhabit.
Where else “katōikēsen” appears- a townπόλινpolin
city, town
City, town.
Where else “polin” appears- calledλεγομένηνlegomenēn
call
To call someone by a name.
Where else “legomenēn” appears- NazarethΝαζαρέτNazaret
Nazareth
See it on the mapWhere else “Nazaret” appears- the prophetsπροφητῶνprophētōn
prophet
Someone who speaks for God.
Where else “prophētōn” appears- might be fulfilledπληρωθῇplērōthēi
be fulfilled
For what was foretold to come true.
Where else “plērōthēi” appears- “He will be calledκληθήσεταιklēthēsetai
call
To give someone a name.
Where else “klēthēsetai” appears- a NazareneΝαζωραῖοςNazōraios
Nazarene
Nazarene: from Nazareth. That is what people called Jesus and, later, his followers.
Where else “Nazōraios” appears
Translation note
“Nazarene” is not a literal quotation from a prophet: Matthew says “through the prophets,” in the plural. It can be understood as a play on netser, the “branch” of Isaiah 11:1, or be related to the contempt the Messiah would suffer.
Places in this verse
The context
22But hearing that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there; and having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee,
23 · This verse (above)
To study Matthew 2 in a group
1. What it says
What did the magi do when they found the child with Mary his mother (v. 11)?
2. What it means
Why was King Herod troubled, and all Jerusalem with him, when he heard about this child (v. 3)?
3. How I live it
Joseph obeyed even at night and without understanding everything (v. 14). What simple step of obedience is yours today?