Jesus from Judah or Galilee?

Matthew 1:2-3 and Luke 3:33 identify Jesus as a descendant of Judah.  Luke 2:4 tells us that “Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.”  Jesus was born in “Judea.”  His upbringing took place in Nazareth, in Galilee.

Jesus was critical of the Jewish religious leaders of the day because they were misrepresenting God and his Word.  That was disastrous for people who listened to and believed the message of those leaders.  Jesus made it clear that his teachings were truthful and liberating (John 8:32), because he is the promised Messiah.