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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Matthew 2:23

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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2:23 “He will be called a Nazarene”: Matthew associates the name Nazareth with words in the prophets (see Isa 11:1, where the Messiah is called a “Branch,” [Hebrew netser]; and Judg 13:5, where Samson is called a “Nazirite”).
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