Spurgeon Commentary: Our Lord was called �Netzar�, THE BRANCH. Probably this is the prophecy referred to; for �Nazareth �signifies sprouts or shoots. Possibly some unrecorded prophecy, often repeated by the prophets, and known to all the people, is here alluded to. Certainly he has long been called a �Nazarene�, both by Jews and violent unbelievers. Spitting on the ground in disgust, many a time has his fierce adversary hissed out the name �Nazarene�, as if it were the height of contempt. Yet, O Nazarene, thou hast triumphed! "Jesus of Nazareth" is the greatest name among men. O Lord, my King, as thou art dishonored by thy foes, so shalt thou be adored among thy friends, with all their heart and all their soul. While others call thee �Nazarene�, we call thee Jesus � Jehovah, King of kings, and Lord of lords.
People's New Testament Commentary:
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets. Not by one prophet, but the summing up of a number of prophecies. No prophet had declared in express terms that he should be called a Nazarene. They, however, did apply to Christ the term Nezer, from which Nazareth is derived; the Nazarites, of whom Samson was one, were typical of Christ; the meanness and contempt in which Nazareth was held was itself a prophecy of one who "was despised and rejected." See Isa 53:3; 11:1; Jer 23:5; 33:15; Zec 3:8; 6:12.
Terry Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
People's New Testament Commentary:
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets. Not by one prophet, but the summing up of a number of prophecies. No prophet had declared in express terms that he should be called a Nazarene. They, however, did apply to Christ the term Nezer, from which Nazareth is derived; the Nazarites, of whom Samson was one, were typical of Christ; the meanness and contempt in which Nazareth was held was itself a prophecy of one who "was despised and rejected." See Isa 53:3; 11:1; Jer 23:5; 33:15; Zec 3:8; 6:12.
Terry Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Caroline Wong wrote:==================================================================But did they find the OT verse that Matthew was referring to in Matthew 2:23 when he wrote: "and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."Love,Caroline
Matthew does not tell us that this information was recorded in the old testament. He simply says, "It was spoken by the prophets." Much of Jewish history was oral.
Terry
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