Things in the Bible not really in the Bible...and a few surprises

Christmas Oops of the Day

Joseph took Mary and Jesus to Nazareth because it had been predicted he would be a Nazarite.

Matthew 2:23  –  

Numbers 6  –  Jeremiah 23:5  –  Isaiah 4:2  –  Isaiah 1:1-5  –   Jeremiah 33:15-16  –  Zechariah 3:8  –  Zechariah 6:12-13

Christmas Fact of the Day

No!  It had been prophesied that he would be a Nazarene, not a Nazarite.  Nazarites could not drink wine, cut their hair, or go near a dead body. Sometimes, someone was a Nazarite for just a week or sometimes an entire lifetime.   Jesus did at least 2 of those things forbidden to Nazarites.  He turned water into wine for his first miracle.  Later miracles involved raising someone back to life after they died.  We do not know what his hair looked like.

On the other hand, 

The name Nazarene just means someone who lives in Nazareth. It IS significant that Jesus was raised in Nazareth because the root meaning of that village’s name is Nezar, meaning branch.  Jesus was to be a HOLY BRANCH from the family tree of King David.

And by the way, Nazareth still exists today.  I have friends who live there. 

You’re smart.  Read the Bible for yourself.  Find out for yourself.