1. A rod will spring from the stock of Jesse, a new branch will grow from his roots. 2. On him will rest the spirit of Yahweh, the spirit of wisdom and insight, the spirit of counsel and power, the spirit of knowledge and fear of Yahweh: 3. his inspiration will lie in fearing Yahweh. His judgement will not be by appearances, his verdict not given on hearsay. 4. He will judge the weak with integrity and give fair sentence for the humblest in the land. He will strike the country with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips bring death to the wicked. 5. Uprightness will be the belt around his waist, and constancy the belt about his hips. 6. The wolf will live with the lamb, the panther lie down with the kid, calf, lion and fat-stock beast together, with a little boy to lead them.

1. `Disaster for the shepherds who lose and scatter the sheep of my pasture, Yahweh declares. 2. This, therefore, is what Yahweh, El of Israel, says about the shepherds who shepherd my people, `You have scattered my flock, you have driven them away and have not taken care of them. Right, I shall take care of you for your misdeeds, Yahweh declares! 3. But the remnant of my flock I myself shall gather from all the countries where I have driven them, and bring them back to their folds; they will be fruitful and increase in numbers. 4. For them I shall raise up shepherds to shepherd them and pasture them. No fear, no terror for them any more; not one shall be lost, Yahweh declares! 5. Look, the days are coming, Yahweh declares, when I shall raise an upright Branch for David; he will reign as king and be wise, doing what is just and upright in the country. 6. In his days Judah will triumph and Israel live in safety. And this is the name he will be called, `Yahweh-is-our-Saving-Justice." ' 7. `So, look, the days are coming, Yahweh declares, when people will no longer say, `As Yahweh lives who brought the Israelites out of Egypt,' 8. but, `As Yahweh lives who led back and brought home the offspring of the House of Israel from the land of the north and all the countries to which he had driven them, to live on their own soil.' "

14. `Look, the days are coming, Yahweh declares, when I shall fulfil the promise of happiness I made to the House of Israel and the House of Judah: 15. In those days and at that time, I shall make an upright Branch grow for David, who will do what is just and upright in the country. 16. In those days Judah will triumph and Israel live in safety. And this is the name the city will be called: Yahweh-is-our-Saving-Justice.' 17. `For Yahweh says this, `David will never lack a male descendant to occupy the throne of the House of Israel, 18. nor will the levitical priests ever lack male descendants to stand before me and offer the burnt offering, to burn the cereal offering and offer sacrifice every day.' "

1. He then showed me the high priest Yahshua, standing before the angel of Yahweh, with Satan standing on his right to accuse him. 2. The angel of Yahweh said to Satan, "May Yahweh rebuke you, Satan! May Yahweh rebuke you, since he has made Jerusalem his choice. Is not this man a brand snatched from the fire?" 3. Now Joshua was dressed in dirty clothes as he stood before the angel. 4. The latter then spoke as follows to those who were standing before him, "Take off his dirty clothes and dress him in splendid robes 5. and put a clean turban on his head." So they put a clean turban on his head and dressed him in clean clothes, while the angel of Yahweh stood by and said, "You see, I have taken your guilt away." 6. The angel of Yahweh then made this declaration to Yahshua, 7. `Yahweh Sabaoth says this, `If you walk in my ways and keep my ordinances, you shall govern my house, you shall watch over my courts, and I will give you free access among those in attendance here. For this is the stone which I have put before Yahshua, a stone on which are seven eyes; and I myself shall cut the inscription on it, Yahweh Sabaoth declares.' 8. `So listen, High Priest Yahshua, you and the colleagues over whom you preside, for they are an omen of things to come, for now I shall bring in my servant the Branch, 9. and I shall remove this country's guilt in a single day. 10. On that day, Yahweh Sabaoth declares, invite each other to come under your vine and your fig tree.' "

9. Then the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows, 10. `Collect silver and gold from the exiles, from Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah, then (you yourself go the same day) go to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah, who has arrived from Babylon. 11. Then, taking the silver and gold, make a crown and place it on the head of the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak. 12. And say this to him, `Yahweh Sabaoth says this: Here is a man whose name is Branch; where he is, there will be a branching out (and he will rebuild Yahweh's sanctuary). 13. Yes, he is the one who will rebuild Yahweh's sanctuary; he will wear the royal insignia and sit on his throne and govern, with a priest on his right. Perfect peace will reign between these two. 14. And the crown will serve Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah and the son of Zephaniah as a memorial of favour in Yahweh's sanctuary. 15. And those now far away will come and work on the building of Yahweh's sanctuary.' "Then you will know that Yahweh Sabaoth has sent me to you. It will happen if you diligently obey the voice of Yahweh your El."

Matt 2:19. After Herod's death, suddenly the angel of Yahweh appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20. and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother with you and go back to the land of Israel, for those who wanted to kill the child are dead." 21. So Joseph got up and, taking the child and his mother with him, went back to the land of Israel. 22. But when he learnt that Archelaus had succeeded his father Herod as ruler of Judaea he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the region of Galilee. 23. There he settled in a town called Nazareth. In this way the words spoken through the prophets were to be fulfilled: He will be called a Nazarene (netzer: branch).

69. Meanwhile Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant-girl came up to him saying, "You, too, were with Jesus the Galilean." 70. But he denied it in front of them all. "I do not know what you are talking about," he said. 71. When he went out to the gateway another servant-girl saw him and said to the people there, "This man was with Jesus the Nazarene."

18:3. so Judas brought the cohort to this place together with guards sent by the chief priests and the Pharisees, all with lanterns and torches and weapons. 4. Knowing everything that was to happen to him, Jesus came forward and said, "Who are you looking for?" 5. They answered, "Jesus the Nazarene." He said, "I am he." Now Judas the traitor was standing among them.

19:19. Pilate wrote out a notice and had it fixed to the cross; it ran: "Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews".

22. `Men of Israel, listen to what I am going to say: Jesus the Nazarene was a man commended to you by Yahweh by the miracles and portents and signs that yahweh worked through him when he was among you, as you know....

Acts 24 The earliest followers of Yahshua were not Christians! Paul a ringleader

1. Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some of the elders and an advocate named Tertullus, and they laid information against Paul before the governor. 2. Paul was called, and Tertullus opened for the prosecution, "Your Excellency, Felix, the unbroken peace we enjoy and the reforms this nation owes to your foresight 3. are matters we accept, always and everywhere, with all gratitude. 4. I do not want to take up too much of your time, but I urge you in your graciousness to give us a brief hearing. 5. We have found this man a perfect pest; he stirs up trouble among Jews the world over and is a ringleaderof the Nazarene sect (Netzari). 6. He has even attempted to profane the Temple. We placed him under arrest.

1. I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2. Every branch in me that bears no fruit he cuts away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes to make it bear even more. 3. You are clean already, by means of the word that I have spoken to you. 4. Remain in me, as I in you. As a branch cannot bear fruit all by itself, unless it remains part of the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me. 5. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me, with me in him, bears fruit in plenty; for cut off from me you can do nothing.