"They [father's conceptual Blessings] shall be on Head of Joseph and Commanding Scalp of his Brethren's Nazirite" (Genesis 49:26 Multilingual). "May these [Earthly Blessings] come upon Head of Joseph and Commanding Scalp of his Brethren's Nazirite" (Deuteronomy 33:16 Multilingual).
"And having come, He dwelt in a city called Natzrat so that it should be fulfilled that having been spoken through the Prophets that He shall be called a Nazirite" (Matthew 2:23 Multilingual).
Sergei Komarov: By the way, we don't find this anywhere in the Prophets. It's a bit of an exegetical riddle.
Peter Leithart: Jesus' residence in Nazareth was a part of His humiliation. Jesus' fulfillment of the Nazirite institution points in the same direction: As the True Nazirite, the True Separated One, Jesus Christ took up the task set before Him on behalf of His people. Nazareth is a sign of self-denial, of kenosis; so also, the True Nazirite denied Himself the joy that He had had with the Father from eternity, and took on the form of a servant. Jesus Christ was willing to empty Himself of glory, to become a Nazarene, so that He could, as the True Nazirite, prosecute the holy war against Satan. As both Nazarene and Nazirite, He was a Man of Sorrows and acquainted with grief. As both Nazarene and Nazirite, He endured the cross for the joy set before Him, the eschatological feast that He would enter upon the completion of His task, where He could sit to eat and drink among His people.
Jesus lived in Nazareth of Galilee, a place held in contempt by the Jews; this fulfilled Old Testament prophecies about the suffering Messiah; and the suffering Messiah is the consecrated Nazirite who denies Himself until His task is done. Jesus was from Nazareth, and hence was a Nazarene; the fact that He was a Nazarene indicates further that He faithfully carried out His Nazirite vow to deliver His people (cf. Jud. 13:5), though it cost Him His life.
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