John 7:42

Hath not the Scripture said: Of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was, cometh the Christ?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

In Context

41Others, were saying—This, is, the Christ. But, others, were saying—Out of Galilee, is, the Christ, to come?

43A division, therefore, arose in the multitude, because of him.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:1And Yahweh said unto Samuel—How long, art thou going to pine for Saul, seeing that, I, have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and come! let me send thee unto Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided me, among his sons, a king.

1 Samuel 16:11Then said Samuel unto Jesse—Are these all the young men? And he said—There yet remaineth, the youngest, but lo! he is tending the sheep. Then said Samuel unto Jesse—Do, send, and summon him, for we cannot sit round, until he cometh in hither.

1 Samuel 17:58And Saul said unto him, Whose son art, thou, O young man? And David said, Son of thy servant Jesse, the Bethlehemite.

Psalms 89:4Unto times age-abiding, will I establish thy seed, And will build up, unto generation after generation, thy throne. [Selah.]

Isaiah 11:1But there shall come forth a shoot from the stock of Jesse,—And, a sprout from his roots, shall bear fruit;

Micah 5:2Thou, therefore, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though, little, to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee, shall Mine come forth, to be ruler in Israel,—whose comings forth, have been from of old, from the days of age-past time.

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 →

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