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The people of Galilee, in which Nazareth was a small village, had been forcibly converted to Judaism by the Maccabees. They were regarded by the Jews of Judea as mere provincials and not really Jews. This is reflected in John 7:52 "... for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet".

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