John 7:42
Did the Writing not say that out of the seed of David, and from Beth-Lehem—the village where David was—the Christ comes?”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
41others said, “This is the Christ”; and others said, “Why, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
43A division, therefore, arose among the multitude because of Him.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:1And YHWH says to Samuel, “Until when are you mourning for Saul, and I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go, I send you to Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, for I have seen among his sons a king for Myself.”
1 Samuel 16:11And Samuel says to Jesse, “Are the young men finished?” And he says, “Yet the youngest has been left; and behold, he delights himself among the flock”; and Samuel says to Jesse, “Send and take him, for we do not turn around until his coming in here.”
1 Samuel 17:58and Saul says to him, “Whose son [are] you, O youth?” And David says, “Son of your servant Jesse, the Beth-Lehemite.”
Psalms 89:4“Even for all time I establish your seed, || And have built your throne to generation and generation.” Selah.
Isaiah 11:1And a Rod has come out from the stock of Jesse, || And a Branch is fruitful from his roots.
Micah 5:2“And you, Beth-Lehem Ephratah, || Little to be among the chiefs of Judah! From you He comes forth to Me—to be ruler in Israel, || And His comings forth [are] of old, || From the days of antiquity.”
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 →