Nazareth
Where Jesus grew up — hence "Jesus of Nazareth."
First mentioned in the Bible
In her sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin promised in marriage to a man named Joseph of David’s house, and the name of the virgin was Mary.— Luke 1:26-27
Background
Nazareth was an unremarkable town in the hills of Galilee. Here the angel Gabriel announced Jesus' birth to Mary. Jesus grew up here, living some thirty years in a carpenter's household. In the Nazareth synagogue he read from Isaiah and proclaimed the year of the Lord's favor, yet was rejected by his own townspeople.
Related Scriptures (New World Translation)
In her sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin promised in marriage to a man named Joseph of David’s house, and the name of the virgin was Mary.— Luke 1:26-27
And he came and settled in a city named Nazʹa·reth, in order to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Naz·a·reneʹ.”— Matthew 2:23
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