Nazareth

A place in the Bible

The town in Galilee where Mary and Joseph lived, and where Jesus grew up.

What happened here

The Annunciation: there God sent the angel Gabriel to Mary.
Joseph: Joseph lived in Nazareth. From there he went with Mary to Bethlehem. When they came back from Egypt, the family settled in Nazareth.
Jesus grew up there: he was obedient to Mary and Joseph. Because he lived there, people called him “the Nazorean.”
A small town: Nathanael asked if anything good could come from Nazareth. Philip told him, “Come and see.”

Today it is a city in northern Israel.

Matthew 2:23; Luke 2:39; Luke 2:51; Luke 1:26-27; Luke 2:4; Luke 4:16; John 1:46; Mark 1:9

Matthew 2:23

And coming he dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was said by prophets: That he shall be called a Nazarene.

Luke 2:39

And after they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their city Nazareth.

Luke 2:51

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

Source: Britannica, “Nazareth”; Matthew 2:23; Luke 2:4 and 2:39