Revelation 22:16
“I, Jesus, have sent my Angel, to testify to these things for you among the Churches. I am the Root and the Origin of David, the bright morning Star.”
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Numbers 24:17I shall see him, but not presently. I shall gaze upon him, but not soon. A star shall rise out of Jacob, and a rod shall spring up from Israel. And he shall strike down the commanders of Moab, and he shall devastate all the sons of Seth.
Zechariah 6:12And you will speak to him, saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: Behold, a man; the Rising is his name. And under him, he will rise up, and he will build a temple to the Lord.
Matthew 2:2saying: “Where is he who was born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and we have come to adore him.”
Matthew 22:42saying: “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “David’s.”
Luke 1:78through the heart of the mercy of our God, by which, descending from on high, he has visited us,
Romans 1:3about his Son, who was made for him from the offspring of David according to the flesh,
Matthew Henry on Revelation 22:7-20
The New Jerusalem. ( a. d. 95.) 6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show unto his servants the things which must shortly be done. 7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. 8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which showed me these things. 9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am… Read the whole commentary →