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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.
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Where in the bible does it say Jesus a man of sorrows?
Isaiah 53:3 - This is referring to Jesus
What color is s true nazaren?
A true Nazarene has the natural skin of Jesus, Scandinavian. A true Nazarene is that with the natural skin of Jesus, Scandinavian.
What is INRI in The Bible?
The acronym INRI (Iēsus Nazarēnus, Rēx Iūdaeōrum) represents the Latin inscription which in English reads as "Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews" .
Who do you say you are in the Bible?
If you are referring to the burning bush in the story of Moses that said "I am who I am." That is God.
Was Jesus a Hebrews or a Nazarene?
The Nazarenes were a sect of Judaism, not an ethicity.Jesus was born a hebrew, and is beleived to have spent some time with the Jewish nazaren sect before starting his own ministy.He was both. "Hebrew" refers to the Jewish race; "Nazarene" (as applies to Jesus) refers not to a sect, but to the town of Nazareth, where Joseph and Mary made their home. Matthew 2:23 - 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." (There is no scriptural evidence to support the idea that Jesus belonged to any particular Jewish sect prior to His ministry.)
Who are the opponents to Jesus's ministry?
If you are referring to those who opposed Jesus during his lifetime, it was the Sadduccees, the Pharisees, and their ruling authority, the Sanhedrin.All of them belonged to the conquered Jewish theocracy answerable to the Roman Empire.
What was Jesus called at his crucifixion?
'Jesus the Nazarene' "King of the Jews" (John 19:19-22)
Was Jesus a Nazarene?
Yes, Jesus was commonly referred to as Jesus of Nazareth, indicating that he was associated with the town of Nazareth in the region of Galilee.
Where in the scripture can you find Jesus going to hell and God had to pull him out?
Nowhere; that is not in the Bible. Maybe another religious text, but not the Bible. That I KNOW for sure that is not in the Bible if that is what you were referring to....
What part of the Bible tells us about the time before Jesus?
Before the Word became Jesus, the physical man, you are referring to the Old Testament.
Was Jesus related to Rachel?
Jesus was not directly related to Rachel, as Rachel lived many generations before Jesus. Jesus belonged to the lineage of King David, who was descended from Rachel's sister, Leah, through David's father Jesse.
What level of society did jesus belong to?
Jesus was a Nazarene and was from a simple back ground, his father Joseph was a carpenter by trade.
