Is this clearly a fabricated claimed Messianic prophecy?
Jesus didn’t live in Nazareth because the Prophets had said he would live in that specific city, but in order to fulfill additional specific things that the prophets had said about Him. When Matthew says prophecy is fulfilled he’s speaking generically. He’s not referring to a specific prophecy. His meaning is that the predictions of the prophets that he would be of a low and despised condition and would be rejected were fully accomplished in his living at Nazareth. There were many Old Testament prophecies that foretold that the Messiah would be a despised person, rejected by many of his contemporaries (see: Psa. 22:6-8,13; 69:8,20-21; Isa. 11:1; 49:7; 53:2-3,8; Dan. 9:26). In the Palestine of Jesus’ time, the whole region of Galilee and its inhabitants, and in particular Nazareth, were looked upon in a very negative way by other Israelites (perhaps because Galilee had often been occupied by pagan nations during Israel’s history.) There is ample scriptural evidence to support the conclu
The City of Nazareth was not in existence before about the 4th or 5th century. Facts carry the day not assumed fairy tales of Rome. This is absolutely a Roman fabricated prophesy to form the Roman God/Man to Judaic scriptures. A poor one I might add. Yeshua was indeed a Nazarene. A Jewish sect at that time , the Northern Essenes. Rome had a problem with this getting out so they altered the text to Nazareth to reference his being a Nazarean. Rome turn this Rabbi into a God/Man to suit their desires and agenda.
