Matthew 2:23?

Question

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."


where is that last part in the Ot?

He moved to Nazareth when he was 2.

Answer 1

http://www.thercg.org/questions/p016.a.html

Answer 2

The word "Nazarene" in Jesus' time, while still literally referring to someone from Nazareth, had become more or less a synonym for despised. The verse could be paraphrased, for the purpose of this discussion, in the following way:

'...he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets: "He will be despised and referred to contemptuously" which, far from contradicting or undermining the authority and authenticity of the biblical scriptures, is in fact a demonstration that God is faithful to the words he gave to his prophets.

Answer 3

he shall be called a Nazorean: the tradition of Jesus' residence in Nazareth was firmly established, and Matthew sees it as being in accordance with the foreannounced plan of God. The town of Nazareth is not mentioned in the Old Testament, and no such prophecy can be found there. The vague expression "through the prophets" may be due to Matthew's seeing a connection between Nazareth and certain texts in which there are words with a remote similarity to the name of that town. Some such Old Testament texts are Isaiah 11:1 where the Davidic king of the future is called "a bud" (neser) that shall blossom from the roots of Jesse, and Judges 13:5, 7 where Samson, the future deliverer of Israel from the Philistines, is called one who shall be consecrated (a nazir) to God.

Answer 4

Ruth 4:17 Isaiah 11:1

Answer 5

So he moved to Nazareth to fulfill scripture?

Answer 6

So he wasn't REALLY a Nazarene, he just moved there so he could say he was one?

Answer 7

I thought the OT was cancelled or was that the OC.

Answer 8

Somewhere in the back.