John 7:42

Is not it said in Scripture that it is of the race of David, and from Bethlehem, the village to which David belonged, that the Christ is to come?”

Twentieth Century New Testament

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

41You are doing what your own father does.” “We are not bastards,” they said, “we have one Father — God himself.”

43So there was a sharp division among the people on account of Jesus.

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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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