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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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