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Joseph and Mary return to Nazareth

3 BC traditional (Jones)

Passage
Matt 2:22-23; Luke 2:39
People
Mary, Joseph
Places
Judea, Galilee, Nazareth
Before
Joseph and Mary return from Egypt
After
Birth of Jesus

Participants

Taking part, as Theographic records them, most often named first.

Divine

Places

Where it happens. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. location not graded: Judea
  2. location not graded: Galilee
  3. likely location: Nazareth

Every verse

All 3 verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Matthew2 verses
  1. 2:22

    But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,

  2. 2:23

    and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

Luke1 verse
  1. 2:39

    When Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.