Matthew 3:13

The Baptism of Jesus

3:13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John to be baptized by him in the Jordan River. ¹ 

Luke 2:39

2:39 So ²  when Joseph and Mary ³  had performed ⁴  everything according to the law of the Lord, ⁵  they returned to Galilee, to their own town ⁶  of Nazareth. ⁷ 

John 7:41-42

7:41 Others said, “This is the Christ!” ⁸  But still others said, “No, ⁹  for the Christ doesn’t come from Galilee, does he? ¹⁰  7:42 Don’t the scriptures say that the Christ is a descendant ¹¹  of David ¹²  and comes from Bethlehem, ¹³  the village where David lived?” ¹⁴ 

John 7:52

7:52 They replied, ¹⁵  “You aren’t from Galilee too, are you? ¹⁶  Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet ¹⁷  comes from Galilee!”

¹ tn “River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity.

² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion of the topic.

³ tn Grk “when they”; the referents (Joseph and Mary) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Or “completed.”

⁵ sn On the phrase the law of the Lord see Luke 2:22-23.

⁶ tn Or “city.”

⁷ map For location see Map1-D3; Map2-C2; Map3-D5; Map4-C1; Map5-G3.

⁸ tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).

⁹ tn An initial negative reply (“No”) is suggested by the causal or explanatory γάρ (gar) which begins the clause.

¹⁰ tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “does he?”).

¹¹ tn Grk “is from the seed” (an idiom for human descent).

¹² sn An allusion to Ps 89:4.

¹³ sn An allusion to Mic 5:2.

¹⁴ tn Grk “the village where David was.”

¹⁵ tn Grk “They answered and said to him.”

¹⁶ tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “are you?”).

¹⁷ tc At least one early and important ms (Ì^66*) places the article before “prophet” (ὁ προφήτης, Jo profhths), making this a reference to the “prophet like Moses” mentioned in Deut 18:15.