The Tree Branch in the Galilee

Matthew 2, 23 says prophets plural. So that what Matthew is doing is actually referring to Isaiah 11, 1. In Zechariah, there's two passages where Jesus is referred to as a branch. But they don't use the word natsire. They use a synonym for the word branch. And it's not lost at all. It's just that we don't see it in English.

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