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Why Is He Called "Jesus Of Nazareth" If He Was Born In Bethlehem? by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:12pm On Dec 18, 2017 |
Why is He called "Jesus of Nazareth" if He was born in Bethlehem? Where was Jesus actually born? 1 Share
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Re: Why Is He Called "Jesus Of Nazareth" If He Was Born In Bethlehem? by Milllz: 4:13pm On Dec 18, 2017 |
I want to know too |
Re: Why Is He Called "Jesus Of Nazareth" If He Was Born In Bethlehem? by spartan117(m): 4:22pm On Dec 18, 2017 |
Bethlehem is a small town in Nazareth just like daura is a town in katsina 3 Likes |
Re: Why Is He Called "Jesus Of Nazareth" If He Was Born In Bethlehem? by Fxwarrior: 7:22pm On Dec 18, 2017 |
Nice question. I feel its because he grew up in Nazareth thus having influence in Nazareth. 1 Like |
Re: Why Is He Called "Jesus Of Nazareth" If He Was Born In Bethlehem? by dalaman: 8:59pm On Dec 18, 2017 |
spartan117: NOT true. Bethlehem is NOT a town in Nazareth. Bethlehem was in Judea while Nazareth was in Galilee. 1 Like |
Re: Why Is He Called "Jesus Of Nazareth" If He Was Born In Bethlehem? by hakeem4(m): 10:51pm On Dec 18, 2017 |
I read one article where the town Nazareth cane about some years after Jesus had died |
Re: Why Is He Called "Jesus Of Nazareth" If He Was Born In Bethlehem? by dalaman: 10:53pm On Dec 18, 2017 |
hakeem4: Read that too. 1 Like |
Re: Why Is He Called "Jesus Of Nazareth" If He Was Born In Bethlehem? by hakeem4(m): 11:06pm On Dec 18, 2017 |
dalaman:I think what they meant by Jesus of Nazareth, meant Jesus the savior: messiah. Because Nazarene in Greek means messiah |
Re: Why Is He Called "Jesus Of Nazareth" If He Was Born In Bethlehem? by analize701: 7:57am On Dec 19, 2017 |
spartan117:Look at the Map again.lol 1 Like |
Re: Why Is He Called "Jesus Of Nazareth" If He Was Born In Bethlehem? by analize701: 8:00am On Dec 19, 2017 |
hakeem4:A town is a saviour? Nazareth was the town Joseph settled when he came back from Egypt after Herod died. Jesus grew up there. That's where he was known 1 Like |
Re: Why Is He Called "Jesus Of Nazareth" If He Was Born In Bethlehem? by sonofthunder: 8:34am On Dec 19, 2017 |
hakeem4:you read a lie |
Re: Why Is He Called "Jesus Of Nazareth" If He Was Born In Bethlehem? by hakeem4(m): 8:42am On Dec 19, 2017 |
analize701:but in the book of John, Joseph never went to Egypt |
Re: Why Is He Called "Jesus Of Nazareth" If He Was Born In Bethlehem? by analize701: 9:19am On Dec 19, 2017 |
hakeem4:John didn't record that doesn't mean he didn't. Only John recorded that Jesus turned water into Wine, does it mean because Matthew didn't mention that, it didn't happen? John was more into the divinity of Jesus, not his physical Ministry on earth. Mark was more into His teachings using parables and how they relate to us his followers. All of them didn't outlined exactly what happened to, with and by Jesus, the way it happened. What Matthew missed, Luke, made up for. 3 Likes |
Re: Why Is He Called "Jesus Of Nazareth" If He Was Born In Bethlehem? by Nobody: 11:00am On Dec 19, 2017 |
Jesus is often referred to in the Bible as "Jesus of Nazareth," but why? Several reasons can be given. First, during the time in which Jesus lived on earth, people were often referred to by the town or city in which they resided. Since Jesus had spent most of His life in Nazareth, he was naturally known as Jesus of Nazareth. Practically speaking, Jesus was a common name. Adding "of Nazareth" to His name would have made it clear which Jesus people had in mind. Theologically, the first use of "Jesus of Nazareth" in the New Testament connects Jesus with the Jewish Messiah. John 1:45 reveals, "Philip found Nathanael and said to him, 'We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.'" Jesus of Nazareth, son of Joseph, highlighted the fact that Jesus was Jewish in his origin. Though He had been raised for part of His childhood in Egypt, Jesus was born in Bethlehem (Matthew 1; Luke 2) to Jewish parents and was raised mostly in Nazareth, a Jewish town in Galilee. The phrase Jesus of Nazareth may have also been used as a way to emphasize the humble background of Jesus. Nazareth was considered a lowly, despised town in Galilee. This explains the reaction of Nathanael in John 1:46, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" This "lowly" view of Nazareth also fulfilled the Old Testament predictions regarding the Messiah as despised and rejected (Psalm 22; Isaiah 53). In some sense the first century Jews viewed the Messiah as being a Nazarene. Matthew 2:23 notes, "And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene." Though no single Old Testament prophecy specifically notes the Messiah as coming from Nazareth, the idea of the Messiah coming from a despised, lowly area was well understood. From: https://www.compellingtruth.org/amp/Jesus-of-Nazareth.html |
Re: Why Is He Called "Jesus Of Nazareth" If He Was Born In Bethlehem? by ysyowel(m): 11:46am On Dec 19, 2017 |
are you Christian or Someone that is desiring to become one? |
Re: Why Is He Called "Jesus Of Nazareth" If He Was Born In Bethlehem? by OLAADEGBU(m): 7:07pm On Dec 29, 2017 |
Milllz: Here are some suggested answers. https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-of-Nazareth.html |
Re: Why Is He Called "Jesus Of Nazareth" If He Was Born In Bethlehem? by OLAADEGBU(m): 9:57am On Sep 06, 2019 |
OLAADEGBU: Question: "Why is Jesus often referred to as Jesus of Nazareth?" |
Re: Why Is He Called "Jesus Of Nazareth" If He Was Born In Bethlehem? by amzounslide95: 4:37pm On Sep 06, 2019 |
Of the three religions central to that region, i.e. Islam, Judaism, and Christianity, only Judaism denies any spiritual significance to Jesus. Christians worship him as a divine being, i.e. son of God, and as Messiah. Muslims revere him as being one of the most important of God’s prophets, as Messiah, and as the bringer of scripture. Jews view him as a radical Jew, just another rabble-rousing orator, denying him any religious significance of any kind, not divine, not prophet, not Messiah, not scriptural. Tutuapp 9apps Showbox |
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