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2:22 j ver 12, 13, 19; Mt 27:19 k Lk 2:39
2:23 l Lk 1:26; Jn 1:45, 46 m Mt 1:22 n Mk 1:24
3:1 o Lk 1:13, 57-66; 3:2‐19
3:2 p Da 2:44; Mt 4:17; 6:10; Lk 11:20; 21:31;
Jn 3:3, 5; Ac 1:3, 6
21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Is rael. 22 But when he heard that Ar che laus was reign ing in Ju dea in place of his fa ther Herod, he was afraid to go there. Hav ing been warned in a dream, j he with drew to the dis trict of Gal i lee, k 23 and he went and lived in a town called Naz a reth. l So was ful filled m what was said through the proph ets, that he would be called a Naz a rene. n
John the Baptist Prepares the Way
3:1-12pp— Mk 1:3-8; Lk 3:2-17
3 In those days John the Bap tist o came, preach ing in the wil der ness of Ju dea 2 and saying,“ Re pent, for the king dom of heaven p has come near.” 3 This is he who was spo ken of through the prophet Isa iah:
thew’ s use of both“ Judea”( v. 22) and“ Israel”( v. 21) may suggest that Jesus is viewed as reuniting the once divided kingdoms of Judah and Israel. 2:22 Archelaus. Herod’ s kingdom was divided among three of his sons. Archelaus received Judea and Samaria; Antipas, Galilee and Perea; and Philip, only various regions outside of Israel. Archelaus was the worst of the three, such that Rome deposed him after a Jewish embassy in AD 6 complained of his cruelty. Judea then became a Roman province, administered by governors appointed by the emperor. See“ House of Herod” for the second generation of Herods. 2:23 called a Nazarene. No OT text contains this“ quotation,” but Matthew indicates that he is referring to multiple passages or a larger biblical theme by referring to“ the prophets”
( in the plural). Matthew may be making a play on the Hebrew word nēṣer for“ Branch,” a Messianic title in Isa 11:1, or nāzîr for“ prince”( Gen 49:26; Deut 33:16). Or a“ Nazarene” may refer to someone from an insignificant place of little repute( cf. John 1:46), in keeping with the prophecy that the servant of the Lord would be despised and held in low esteem( Isa 53:2 – 3). It is less likely that“ Nazarene” is derived from“ Nazirite”( Num 6:2; Judg 13:5) because the Hebrew consonants are different.
3:1— 4:17 Other Introductory Events in Jesus’ Ministry. Matthew says nothing about the 25 or more years between Jesus’ family resettling in Nazareth and the beginning of Jesus’
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public ministry at about the age of 30( Luke 3:23). The only event from this period any of the Gospels records is Jesus’ time in the temple at age 12( Luke 2:41 – 52). Presumably Jesus remained an obedient Jewish son and learned the carpentry trade of his father( Matt 13:55). 3:1 – 12 The background, birth, and significance of John the Baptist are described in detail in Luke 1:5 – 25,57 – 80. Matthew focuses on John’ s role as the forerunner for the Messiah. 3:1 the wilderness of Judea. Stretches from near Jerusalem down to Jericho and includes points farther south. Repentance is not merely a change of mind but a radical change in one’ s life as a whole that especially involves forsaking sin and turning or returning to God. 3:2 kingdom of heaven. God’ s kingly rule, synonymous with“ kingdom of God”( 19:23 – 24). Matthew prefers“ kingdom of heaven” perhaps because of typical Jewish
JESUS’ BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE
Journey of Mary and Joseph from Nazareth to Bethlehem for Jesus’ birth
Jesus’ family flees to Egypt from Bethlehem out of fear that Herod would kill Jesus
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