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What did the religious sect the Nazarenes have to do with the Town of Nazareth?
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Who is a Nazarene?
A person from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, which was the town were Jesus lived as a child. It was also the name used for the early followers of Jesus, before they became known as Christians. In Acts 24:5 Jesus is referred to as "...a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes." People who attend or are members of the Church of the Nazarene are refered to as Nazarenes.
If people from Jamaica are called Jamaicans what are people from Nazareth called?
The expected answer is 'Nazarenes', but it is far from certain that a person who was called a Nazarene would have come from Nazareth. Acts 24:5 has Tertullus refer to Paul as a pestilent fellow and a leader of the sect of Nazoreans ( Ναζωραίων). From this we can assume that certainly by the time Acts was written, there was a sect known as the Nazoreans and that members of this sect regarded themselves as Christians. The spelling is different, as often occurs in the Bible, but as Markmentions Nazarenes but not a sect of Nazoreans, it is possible that there was no real difference between the two. There are even suggestions that the sect of Nazarenes existed before the time of Jesus.Matthew's Gospel is at pains to say that Jesus would be called a Nazarene because he came from Nazareth, but this is likely in response to Mark's Gospel, where Jesus is never referred to, in the original Greek language, as 'Jesus of Nazareth' but repeatedly as 'Jesus the Nazarene' (Ναζαρηνοῦ).
Was Jesus a Hebrews or a Nazarene?
Jesus was born a Hebrew, as he was born into a Jewish family in Bethlehem. However, he is often referred to as Jesus of Nazareth because he grew up in the town of Nazareth in Galilee. The term "Nazarene" can refer to Jesus' association with Nazareth, not a distinct religious identity.
Is Nazareth a town?
yup.the town where Jesus Christ was born. ANSWER Yes Nazareth existed when Jesus was born, BUT Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Joseph and Mary lived in Nazareth but had to travel to Bethlehem to be registered in Bethlehem because they were from the tribe of Judah and descendants of King David.
What is the sentence for sect?
Shakers are a nearly extinct religious sect.
What does nazareth have to do with Jesus?
Most likely nothing. Nazareth did not exist as a geographical term in the time the legend says Jesus was alive. Furthermore, there is no independent record that Jesus ever existed (none of the contemporary historians even mention his name).Nazareth appears in the bible most likely because of the bad translation of Nazarene (a known religious sect in Judea at the time).
Can the word sect be used to define a small religious group?
A sect is defined as a subdivision of a larger religious group, so the answer is yes.
What is a religious faction?
A religious faction is a subgroup within a larger religious community that holds distinct beliefs, practices, or interpretations of faith. These factions may differ from the mainstream teachings of the religion and can sometimes lead to internal conflicts or divisions within the religious community.
Which religious sect did Nixon belong to?
The Quakers
When the Bible calls Jesus a Nazarene is it referring to his home town or a sect he belonged to?
The simplest explanation is that Jesus was called a Nazarene because he grew up in Nazareth.Matthew's Gospel explains (Matthew 2:23) that after the flight to Egypt, the young family did not return to their former home in Bethlehem but instead turned aside and travelled to Galilee, where they settled in Nazareth, thereby fulfilling a prophecy that Jesus be called a Nazarene: "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."Scholars have long noted that there is no prophecy anywhere in the Old Testament that could associate Jesus with being called a Nazarene. With further research on the history of the gospels, we now know that Matthew was largely based on Mark's Gospel. Mark, in the original Greek, does not refer to 'Jesus of Nazareth' (as he is described in the later gospels) , but frequently refers to him as a 'Nazarene' (Ναζαρηνοῦ) - although most English translations change this to 'of Nazareth' in line with the other gospels.Mark does not describe Nazareth as the home town of Jesus, but Mark 1:9 does mention Jesus as starting his baptismal journey from Nazareth of Galilee, although this reference to Nazareth of Galilee reads awkwardly and could arguably be an insertion. On the other hand, Acts 24:5 refers to Paul as a leader of a sect called 'Nazarenes', so presumably there was a Jewish sect of that name. Reading this gospel in the absence of the later gospels and Christian tradition that says Jesus grew up in Nazareth, it is open to us to believe that the term Nazarene was a reference to a cult of which Jesus was a member.When the author of Matthew wrote of prophets having called Jesus a Nazarene, his source was Mark's Gospel and his intention was to explain why Joseph and Mary had to take Jesus to Nazareth ("that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene"). Matthew links this description of Jesus as a Nazarene with the town of Nazareth and thereafter uses the term 'Jesus of Nazareth'. In this gospel, 'Nazarene' means that Jesus had lived in Nazareth.
Use the word sect in a sentence?
A sect is a group with distinctive religious, political or philosophical beliefs.
What is a religious group?
A religious group can be called a sect. A religious group can also be called a congregation when all attend the same church. A religious group might have more than one sect, or group of individuals, like the Amish.
