Matthew 2:23

Geneva Bible (1560)

And went and dwelt in a citie called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophets, which was, That hee should be called a Nazarite.

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  • Judg 13:5 : 5 For loe, thou shalt conceiue and beare a sonne, and no rasor shall come on his head: for the childe shall be a Nazarite vnto God from his birth: and he shall begin to saue Israel out of the handes of the Philistims.
  • John 18:7 : 7 Then he asked them againe, Whome seeke yee? And they sayd, Iesus of Nazareth.
  • John 1:45-46 : 45 Philippe founde Nathanael, and saide vnto him, Wee haue founde him of whom Moses did write in the Lawe, and the Prophetes, Iesus that sonne of Ioseph, that was of Nazareth. 46 Then Nathanael sayde vnto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saide to him, Come, and see.
  • John 18:5 : 5 They answered him, Iesus of Nazareth. Iesus sayde vnto them, I am hee. Nowe Iudas also which betraied him, stoode with them.
  • John 19:19 : 19 And Pilate wrote also a title, and put it on the crosse, and it was written, Iesvs Of Nazareth The King Of The Iewes.
  • Luke 1:26 : 26 And in the sixth moneth, the Angell Gabriel was sent from God vnto a citie of Galile, named Nazareth,
  • Luke 2:39 : 39 And when they had performed all thinges according to the lawe of the Lorde, they returned into Galile to their owne citie Nazareth.
  • Matt 1:22 : 22 And al this was done that it might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by ye Prophet, saying,
  • Matt 26:71 : 71 And when hee went out into the porche, another maide sawe him, and sayde vnto them that were there, This man was also with Iesus of Nazareth.
  • Mark 1:24 : 24 Saying, Ah, what haue we to do with thee, O Iesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy vs? I knowe thee what thou art, euen that holy one of God.
  • 1 Sam 1:11 : 11 Also she vowed a vowe, and sayd, O Lord of hostes, if thou wilt looke on the trouble of thine handmaide, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaide, but giue vnto thine handmaide a manchilde, then I will giue him vnto the Lord all the dayes of his life, and there shall no rasor come vpon his head.
  • Acts 2:22 : 22 Yee men of Israel, heare these woordes, Iesvs of Nazareth, a man approued of God among you with great workes, and wonders, and signes, which God did by him in the middes of you, as yee your selues also knowe:
  • Acts 24:5 : 5 Certainely we haue found this man a pestilent fellowe, and a moouer of sedition among all the Iewes throughout the world, and a chiefe maintainer of the secte of the Nazarites:
  • Num 6:13 : 13 This then is the lawe of the Nazarite: When the time of his consecration is out, he shall come to the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation,
  • Ps 69:9-9 : 9 For the zeale of thine house hath eaten mee, and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee, are fallen vpon me. 10 I wept and my soule fasted, but that was to my reproofe.
  • Isa 53:1-2 : 1 Who will beleeue our report? And to whom is the arme of the Lord reueiled? 2 But hee shall growe vp before him as a branche, and as a roote out of a dry grounde: he hath neither forme nor beautie: when we shall see him, there shall be no forme that wee should desire him.

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    13 And leauing Nazareth, went and dwelt in Capernaum, which is nere the sea in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim,

    14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the Propet, saying,

    15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim by the way of the sea, beyond Iordan, Galile of the Gentiles:

  • Matt 1:20-23
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    20 But whiles he thought these things, behold, the Angel of the Lorde appeared vnto him in a dreame, saying, Ioseph, the sonne of Dauid, feare not to take Mary thy wife: for that which is conceiued in her, is of the holy Ghost.

    21 And she shall bring foorth a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Iesvs: for hee shall saue his people from their sinnes.

    22 And al this was done that it might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by ye Prophet, saying,

    23 Behold, a virgine shalbe with childe, and shall beare a sonne, & they shal call his name Emmanuel, which is by interpretation, God with vs.

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    4 And gathering together all the chiefe Priestes and Scribes of the people, hee asked of them, where Christ should be borne.

    5 And they saide vnto him, At Beth-leem in Iudea: for so it is written by the Prophet,

    6 And thou Beth-leem in the lande of Iuda, art not the least among the Princes of Iuda: For out of thee shall come the gouernour that shall feede that my people Israel.

  • Luke 2:3-7
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    3 Therefore went all to be taxed, euery man to his owne Citie.

    4 And Ioseph also went vp from Galile out of a citie called Nazareth, into Iudea, vnto the citie of Dauid, which is called Beth-leem (because he was of the house and linage of Dauid,)

    5 To bee taxed with Marie that was giuen him to wife, which was with childe.

    6 And so it was, that while they were there, the daies were accomplished that shee shoulde be deliuered,

    7 And she brought foorth her first begotten sonne, and wrapped him in swadling clothes, and laide him in a cratch, because there was no roome for them in the ynne.

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    13 After their departture, behold, the Angel of the Lord appeareth to Ioseph in a dreame, saying, Arise, and take the babe & his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there til I bring thee word: for Herod will seeke the babe, to destroy him.

    14 So he arose and tooke the babe and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,

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    21 Then he arose vp and tooke the babe and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

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    16 And hee came to Nazareth where hee had bene brought vp, and (as his custome was) went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stoode vp to reade.

    17 And there was deliuered vnto him the booke of the Prophet Esaias: and when hee had opened the booke, hee founde the place, where it was written,

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    26 And in the sixth moneth, the Angell Gabriel was sent from God vnto a citie of Galile, named Nazareth,

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  • 4 All this was done that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Prophet, saying,

  • 17 That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying,

  • 9 And it came to passe in those dayes, that Iesus came from Nazareth, a citie of Galile, and was baptized of Iohn in Iordan.

  • 42 Saith not the Scripture that that Christ shall come of the seede of Dauid, and out of the towne of Beth-leem, where Dauid was?

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    1 When Iesvs then was borne at Bethleem in Iudea, in the dayes of Herod the King, beholde, there came Wisemen from the East to Hierusalem,

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  • 27 And he came by the motion of the spirit into the Temple, and when the parents brought in the babe Iesus, to do for him after the custome of the Lawe,

  • 51 Then hee went downe with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subiect to them: and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

  • 21 And when the eight daies were accomplished, that they shoulde circumcise the childe, his name was then called Iesus, which was named of the Angell, before he was conceiued in the wombe.

  • 25 But he knew her not, til she had broght forth her first borne sonne, & he called his name Iesus.

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    31 For loe, thou shalt conceiue in thy wobe, and beare a sonne, and shalt call his name Iesus.

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    16 So they came with haste, and founde both Marie and Ioseph, & the babe laid in the cratch.

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    45 Philippe founde Nathanael, and saide vnto him, Wee haue founde him of whom Moses did write in the Lawe, and the Prophetes, Iesus that sonne of Ioseph, that was of Nazareth.

    46 Then Nathanael sayde vnto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saide to him, Come, and see.

  • 17 Then was that fulfilled which is spoken by the Prophet Ieremias, saying,

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    32 A light to be reueiled to the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

    33 And Ioseph and his mother marueiled at those things, which were spoken touching him.

  • 8 And sent them to Beth-leem, saying, Goe, and searche diligently for the babe: and when ye haue founde him, bring mee worde againe, that I may come also, and worship him.

  • 12 And this shalbe a signe to you, Yee shall finde the babe swadled, and laid in a cratch.

  • 44 For Iesus himselfe had testified, that a Prophet hath none honour in his owne countrey.

  • 11 And the people said, This is Iesus that Prophet of Nazareth in Galile.

  • 18 Nowe the birth of Iesvs Christ was thus, When as his mother Mary was betrothed to Ioseph, before they came together, shee was found with childe of the holy Ghost.

  • 13 Then came Iesus from Galile to Iordan vnto Iohn, to be baptized of him.