5They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
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And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-12)The hour was now come that the captain of our salvation , who was to be made perfect by sufferings , should engage the enemy. We have here his entrance upon the encounter. The day of recompence is in his heart, and the year of his redeemed is come, and his own arm works the salvation , for he has no second. Let us turn aside now, and see this great sight . I. Our Lord Jesus, like a bold champion,…
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