Matthew 2:23 meaning and explanation

and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

Matthew 2:23, Berean Standard Bible

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After the dreams warning Joseph away from Judea, he settles his family in Nazareth, a small Galilean town. Matthew says this fulfilled "what was spoken through the prophets," yet no Old Testament verse says these exact words.

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