Q. Is there any text to support or refute that Yeshua ever took a Nazarite vow?

A. I am going to give an opinion and hopefully shed some light on your question, based on some rabbinic teachings and Scriptural concepts.  A Nazarite vow is when a person is totally dedicated to the Lord by not consuming anything from the grape, letting their hair grow and not touching the dead.  It comes from the word “nazir” which means to be set apart. This vow is found in the Book of Numbers and it can be entered into voluntarily, like Paul the Apostle in Acts 18.18 or it can be made for them from birth like Samuel, Samson and John the Baptist. The only place there is an indication that he might have taken a Nazarite vow is at the Last Supper when he said that he would not drink from the fruit of the vine until everything was accomplished. This vow can be for whatever time the person wants. It can be for a day, week, months or years, and even a lifetime. Now, if Yeshua took this vow, why would he do it? To understand this, we have to go back to the Garden of Eden. When Adam was in the garden, the Lord told him not to eat from a certain tree. He also had the glory of God as his covering and there was no death. The Bible does not say what the fruit was that Adam was to refrain from, but some think that the tree was the grape vine which may have looked different before the fall. All aspects of the vow goes back to the Garden. To refrain from the grape may be a clue that Adam was not to eat from the grape tree/vine. Also, letting the hair grow had to do with restoring a covering/glory (1Cor 11) that Adam lost after he sinned. And since there was no death in Eden before the fall, one is not to touch the dead. So, in other words, to refrain from these three things was an echo of Eden. No grape products, having a covering and not touching the dead.

How does this relate to Yeshua. He was the second Adam. As Messiah, he was going to restore that which man lost. Look at the crucifixion. It was near a garden (Eden), he had thorns  (the curse) on his head and he was nailed to a tree. If he took a Nazarite vow it was only for a day and it was because he had to restore Eden(symbolic of the Kingdom of God) back to mankind. So, he did not drink the grape and put himself in the same situation Adam had. He sets himself apart to God for the redemption of man (Adam) and refused the wine while on the cross until the end, when he looks around and sees that all things have been accomplished. It is then that he says he is thirsty and they give him something to drink and he takes it. He then dies right after this because his short but meaningful Nazarite vow is over because redemption was now accomplished and he comes out of it by partaking of the fruit of the vine. There is so much more to this but I hope this helps. There is no way to prove this but it is an interesting question, thanks.