Matthew 2:23 Douay-Rheims

And coming he dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was said by prophets: That he shall be called a Nazarene.

John Chrysostom (attributed)

Patristic

They might have read this in some Prophets who are not in our canon, as Nathan or Esdras. That there was some prophecy to this purport is clear from what Philip says to Nathanael. Him of whom Moses in the Law and the Prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth. (John 1:15.) Hence the Christians were at first called Nazarenes, at Antioch their name was changed to that of ‘Christians.’

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as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 2:21-23

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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