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Matthew 2:23

and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

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Matthew 2:23 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Judges 13:5 (14 votes) and John 1:45–46 (7 votes). 23 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Numbers 6 to Acts 24.

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Which verses does Matthew 2:23 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Judges 13:514 votes

    For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”

  2. John 1:45–467 votes

    Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.

  3. Mark 1:242 votes

    “What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

  4. Matthew 1:221 vote

    All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:

  5. Matthew 26:711 vote

    When Peter had gone out to the gateway, another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.”

  6. Luke 1:261 vote

    In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

  7. Luke 2:391 vote

    When Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

  8. John 18:51 vote

    “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. Jesus said, “I am He.” And Judas His betrayer was standing there with them.

  9. John 18:71 vote

    So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.

  10. John 19:191 vote

    Pilate also had a notice posted on the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

  11. Acts 24:51 vote
  12. Amos 2:10–120 votes
  13. Acts 2:220 votes
  14. Numbers 6:13-3 votes
  15. 1 Samuel 1:11-3 votes
  16. Isaiah 53:1–2-4 votes
  17. Psalm 69:9–10-7 votes

Which verses point to Matthew 2:23?

The 10 strongest of 23.