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!”

[3:13]  ¹ tn “River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity.

[2:39]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion of the topic.

[2:39]  ³ tn Grk “when they”; the referents (Joseph and Mary) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:39]  ⁴ tn Or “completed.”

[2:39]  ⁵ sn On the phrase the law of the Lord see Luke 2:22-23.

[2:39]  ⁶ tn Or “city.”

[2:39]  ⁷ map For location see Map1 D3; Map2 C2; Map3 D5; Map4 C1; Map5 G3.

[7:41]  ⁸ tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).

[7:41]  ⁹ tn An initial negative reply (“No”) is suggested by the causal or explanatory γάρ (gar) which begins the clause.

[7:41]  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?”).

[7:42]  ¹¹ tn Grk “is from the seed” (an idiom for human descent).

[7:42]  ¹² sn An allusion to Ps 89:4.

[7:42]  ¹³ sn An allusion to Mic 5:2.

[7:42]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “the village where David was.”

[7:52]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “They answered and said to him.”

[7:52]  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?”).

[7:52]  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.