That is the definition of extrapolation, vlad. An educated guess or hypothesis. Matthew did not extrapolate. Neither did Jerome. You should just go ahead and concede, this supposed “gotcha” comment was ill-considered and erroneous. Matthew 2:23 directly referenced Old Testament prophecy.
“That is the definition of extrapolation, vlad. An educated guess or hypothesis.”
Pope Francis’ statement then was not an extrapolation by your definition. Either way you slice it you end up wrong. All Francis is doing is relying on 1800 years of oral Christian tradition based on scripture. All Matthew did was rely on 600 or less years of oral Jewish tradition of scripture. There is no word “Nazarene” in the Old Testament. It isn’t there.
“Matthew did not extrapolate.”
Then post the verse were “Nazarene” appears - oh, wait, you can’t. It doesn’t exist.
“Neither did Jerome.”
Jerome did what Matthew did.
“You should just go ahead and concede, this supposed “gotcha” comment was ill-considered and erroneous.”
Not at all. I’ve been entirely right all along. That won’t change.
“Matthew 2:23 directly referenced Old Testament prophecy.”
Clearly, not. There is no Old Testament verse that says what Matthew says: “Nazarene”. You lost a long time ago.