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:''For the church of this name, see [[Church of the Nazarene]]

:''For the church of this name, see [[Church of the Nazarene]]

'''Nazarene''' is a title applied to [[Jesus]] (''c.'' 4 BC- ''c.'' AD 30), who grew up in [[Nazareth]], a town in [[Galilee]], now in northern [[Israel]].<ref name="Britannica">"Jesus was a Galilean from Nazareth, a village near Sepphoris, one of the two major cities of Galilee". ("Jesus Christ." ''Encyclopædia Britannica,'' Chicago, 2009.)</ref> The word is used to translate two related terms that appear in the Greek [[New Testament]]: ''Nazarēne'' and ''Nazōraios''. The phrases traditionally rendered as "Jesus of Nazareth" can also be translated as "Jesus the Nazarene."<ref>{{bibleverse|Luke|18:37|ESV}}</ref> So the title "Nazarene" may have a religious significance, in addition to denoting a place of origin.

'''Nazarene''' is a title applied to [[Jesus]] (''c.'' 4 BC - AD 30), who grew up in [[Nazareth]], a town in [[Galilee]], now in northern [[Israel]].<ref name="Britannica">"Jesus was a Galilean from Nazareth, a village near Sepphoris, one of the two major cities of Galilee". ("Jesus Christ." ''Encyclopædia Britannica,'' Chicago, 2009.)</ref> The word is used to translate two related terms that appear in the Greek [[New Testament]]: ''Nazarēne'' and ''Nazōraios''. The phrases traditionally rendered as "Jesus of Nazareth" can also be translated as "Jesus the Nazarene."<ref>{{bibleverse|Luke|18:37|ESV}}</ref> So the title "Nazarene" may have a religious significance, in addition to denoting a place of origin.

The [[Gospel of Matthew]] explains that the title Nazarene is derived from the prophecy, “he would be called a Nazarene.”<ref name="Matthew223">{{bibleverse||Matthew|2:23|ESV}}.</ref> Unlike other prophecies that Matthew quotes, this one has no literal [[Old Testament]] source. It may refer to a passage in the [[Book of Isaiah]], with "Nazarene" a Greek reading of the Hebrew ''ne·tser'' (branch), understood as a [[messiah|messianic]] title.<ref name="Miller">Miller, Fred P., [http://www.ao.net/~fmoeller/nazer2.htm Isaiah's Use of the word "Branch" or Nazarene]"</ref>

The [[Gospel of Matthew]] explains that the title Nazarene is derived from the prophecy, “he would be called a Nazarene.”<ref name="Matthew223">{{bibleverse||Matthew|2:23|ESV}}.</ref> Unlike other prophecies that Matthew quotes, this one has no literal [[Old Testament]] source. It may refer to a passage in the [[Book of Isaiah]], with "Nazarene" a Greek reading of the Hebrew ''ne·tser'' (branch), understood as a [[messiah|messianic]] title.<ref name="Miller">Miller, Fred P., [http://www.ao.net/~fmoeller/nazer2.htm Isaiah's Use of the word "Branch" or Nazarene]"</ref>