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[[Jerome]] (''c.'' 347 – 420) linked "Nazarene" to a messianic prophecy by Isaiah. He claimed that it was the Hebrew reading of a word modern scholars read as ''ne·tzer'' (branch).<ref>"For in the place where we read and translate, ''There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots,'' in the Hebrew idiom it is written thus, ''There shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse and a Nazarene shall grow from his root.''" (Jerome, Letter 47:7).</ref> The text from Isaiah is:

[[Jerome]] (''c.'' 347 – 420) linked "Nazarene" to a messianic prophecy by Isaiah. He claimed that it was the Hebrew reading of a word modern scholars read as ''ne·tzer'' (branch).<ref>"For in the place where we read and translate, ''There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots,'' in the Hebrew idiom it is written thus, ''There shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse and a Nazarene shall grow from his root.''" (Jerome, Letter 47:7).</ref> The text from Isaiah is:

{{cquote|There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.<ref name="Isaiah111"/>}}

{{cquote|There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.<ref name="Isaiah111"/>}} In ancient Hebrew texts, vowels were not indicated. So a wider variety of readings was possible in Jerome's time. Here branch has the metaphoric meaning "descendant" (of [[Jesse]], father of King [[David]]). [[Eusebius]], a 4th-century Christian polemicist, also argued that Isaiah was the source of "Nazarene." This prophecy by Isaiah was extremely popular in New Testament times and is also referred to in [[Epistle to the Romans|Romans]] and [[Revelation]].<ref>Bauckham, Richard, ''Jude and the Relatives of Jesus in the Early Church'', p. 65. See {{bibleverse||Romans|15:12|ESV}} and {{bibleverse||Revelation|5:5|ESV}}.</ref>

In ancient Hebrew texts, vowels were not indicated, so a wider variety of readings was possible in Jerome's time. Here branch has the metaphoric meaning "descendant" (of [[Jesse]], father of King [[David]]). [[Eusebius]], a 4th-century Christian polemicist, also argued that Isaiah was the source of "Nazarene." This prophecy by Isaiah was extremely popular in New Testament times and is also referred to in [[Epistle to the Romans|Romans]] and [[Revelation]].<ref>Bauckham, Richard, ''Jude and the Relatives of Jesus in the Early Church'', p. 65. See {{bibleverse||Romans|15:12|ESV}} and {{bibleverse||Revelation|5:5|ESV}}.</ref>

==Matthew==

==Matthew==