Jun 7, 2023
Great point.
It's a jagged edge in the gospels, the frequent hints to Jesus having a Nazirite identity, but then it's all unexplained.
I've a hunch that the original depiction of Jesus had heavy reference to Samson, the original Nazirite, but Samson was read as a non-virtuous/sexual character so the references were gutted.
https://www.academia.edu/11493050/A_Nazorean_and_a_Nazirite_Jesus_and_Samson_in_Matthew_1_2