Romans 1:3
The good news is about his Son, whose human forefather was David,
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2that he had previously promised through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures.
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Genesis 3:15I will make sure you and your children, and the woman and her children, are enemies. One of her children will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
Psalms 2:7“I will proclaim the Lord's decree,” says the king. “He told me, ‘You are my son. Today I have become your father.
Isaiah 9:6For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us. He will bear the responsibility to rule. He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Jeremiah 33:15At that time, right there and then, I will give you a good king from the line of David. He will do what is just and right throughout the country.
Amos 9:11On that day I will restore the fallen kingdom of David; I will repair the broken walls, I will rebuild the ruins, and I will make it as it was in days of old.
Matthew 1:6and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon (his mother had been Uriah's wife);
Matthew Henry on Romans 1:2-8
Romans Completed by John Evans . If we may compare scripture with scripture, and take the opinion of some devout and pious persons, in the Old Testament David's Psalms, and in the New Testament Paul's Epistles, are stars of the first magnitude, that differ from the other stars in glory. The whole scripture is indeed an epistle from heaven to earth: but in it we have upon record several particular epistles, more of Paul's than of any other, for he was the chief of the apostles, and laboured more abundantly than… Read the whole commentary →