John 7:42
Have the scriptures not said that the Christ will come from the descendants of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
41Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Does the Christ come from Galilee?
43So there arose a division in the crowds because of him.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:1Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I will send you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected for myself a king among his sons.”
1 Samuel 16:11Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all of your sons here?” He replied, “There remains yet the youngest, but he is tending the sheep.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he comes here.”
1 Samuel 17:58Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”
Psalms 89:4I will establish your descendants forever, 1 and I will establish your throne through all generations.” Selah 1
Isaiah 11:1A shoot will sprout from the stump of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit. 1
Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, 1 even though you are small among the clans of Judah, 1 out of you one will come to me 1 to rule in Israel, 1 whose beginning is from ancient times, 1 from everlasting. 1
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 →