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What Does “Nazorean” Mean in the Bible?

Title

The one who is from Nazareth. That is what people called Jesus, who grew up there.

Where it appears in the Bible

Matthew 2:23; John 19:19

What the Bible says

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.

John 19:19

And Pilate wrote a title also, and he put it upon the cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

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

Source: Matthew 2:23; John 19:19

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