John 7:42
Doth not the scripture say: That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem the town where David was?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
41Others said: This is the Christ. But some said: Doth the Christ come out of Galilee?
43So there arose a dissension among the people because of him.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:1And the Lord said to Samuel. How It long wilt thou mourn for Saul, whom I have rejected from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and come, that I may send thee to Isai the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
1 Samuel 16:11And Samuel said to Isai: Are here all thy sons? He answered: There remaineth yet a young one, who keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said to Isai: Send, and fetch him, for we will not sit down till he come hither.
1 Samuel 17:58And Saul said to him: Young man, of what family art thou? And David said: I am the son of thy servant Isai the Bethlehemite.
Psalms 89:4I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:
Isaiah 11:1And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.
Micah 5:2AND THOU, BETHLEHEM Ephrata, art a little one among the thousands of Juda: out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be the ruler in Israel: and his going forth is from the beginning, from the days of eternity.
Matthew Henry on John 7:38-45
The Gospel Invitation. 37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) 40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the… Read the whole commentary →