This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth] Either some of them took him for the Messias, and some for a prophet, or else, they having solemnly acknowledged him before to be the Messias, thought it sufficient now to describe the person particularly, being demanded onely who he was: and they call him the prophet of Nazareth, in regard of his education, and the abode of his parents there, Chap. 2. 23. Luke 14. 16, 24.