The family settles in Nazareth
Matthew 2:19–23; Luke 2:39–40; Isaiah 11:1
Returning from Egypt, Joseph learned that Herod's harsh son Archelaus ruled Judea. Warned in a dream, he took his family to Galilee and settled in the small village of Nazareth.
and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets that he will be called a Nazarene.
Matthew 2:23 (World English Bible)
Galilee was ruled by another son, Herod Antipas. Nazareth was an obscure hill village; later Nathanael would ask, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” (John 1:46). There the child grew, became strong, and was filled with wisdom.
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Dating notes
Ussher: 3 BC. No Old Testament verse says “he will be called a Nazarene”; Matthew speaks of “the prophets” in general, probably playing on netzer, the “branch” from Jesse's root (Isaiah 11:1), and on the lowliness the prophets foretold.