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The Nazarenes (or Nazoreans; Greek: Ναζωραῖοι, romanized: Nazorēoi) [1] were an early Jewish Christian sect in first-century Judaism. The first use of the term is found in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 24, Acts 24:5) of the New Testament, where Paul the Apostle is accused of being a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes ("πρωτοστάτην τε τῆς τῶν ...
Mary's Well, said to be the site of the Annunciation, Nazareth, 1917. Nazarene is a title used to describe people from the city of Nazareth in the New Testament (there is no mention of either Nazareth or Nazarene in the Old Testament), and is a title applied to Jesus, who, according to the New Testament, grew up in Nazareth, [1] a town in Galilee, located in ancient Judea.
Eastern Orthodox crucifix, displays the lettering in Greek: ΙΝΒΙ (Trapeza of Holy Trinity Monastery, Meteora, Greece). The initialism INRI represents the Latin inscription IESVS NAZARENVS REX IVDÆORVM ( Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum ), which in English translates to "Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews" ( John 19:19 ). [ 21 ]
The name of the denomination comes from the biblical description of Jesus Christ, who had been raised in the village of Nazareth, Israel, and using the demonym of Nazarene. Jesus, and later his followers, is called a Nazarene in several bible verses, as well as many bible translations, such as the NASB Bible and KJV. [18]
In the same manner, Jesus was called "of Nazareth" or "the Nazarene" in this context (another emphasis on geographical origin and the indication of local significance) instead of "Christ" (derived from the Greek word "anointed"). These terms were used as part of the ideological struggle against the new religion, which was perceived as a threat.
This messianic reference states that "he grew up before him like a tender shoot." One of the Hebrew words for "shoot" is netser (Hebrew: נצר 10] cf. Isaiah 11:1), more similar to the word nazarene (Hebrew: נצרי netsri; Greek: Ναζωραῖος, Nazōraios [11]) than nazirite (נזיר nezîr [8]).
Nazarene University (disambiguation) List of Church of the Nazarene schools; Nazirite, one who voluntarily took a vow described in Numbers 6:1–21 in the bible; Nasranis, or Saint Thomas Christians, an ethnoreligious group from Kerala, India; Black Nazarene, a statue of Christ venerated in the Philippines; Impaled Nazarene, a Finnish metal band
Hegesippus (Ἅγιος Ἡγήσιππος; c. 110 – c.180 AD [1]), also known as Hegesippus the Nazarene, [2] was a Christian writer of the early Church who, in spite of his Greek name, may have been a Jewish convert [3] and certainly wrote against heresies of the Gnostics and of Marcion.