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# Connecting Statement:
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This is the end of the part of the story that began in [Matthew 2:1](./01.md) about Herod's attempt to kill the new King of the Jews.
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# But when he heard
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"But when Joseph heard"
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# Archelaus
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This is the name of Herod's son. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# he was afraid
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"Joseph was afraid"
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# what had been spoken through the prophets
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "what the Lord spoke long ago through the prophets" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# he would be called a Nazarene
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Here "he" refers to Jesus. The prophets before the time of Jesus would have referred to him as the Messiah or the Christ. AT: "people would say that the Christ is a Nazarene" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]]) |