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John 7:42

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40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?

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

43 So there was a division among the people because of him.

44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
KJV
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
WEB
Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
ASV
Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?
DARBY
Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from the village of Bethlehem, where David was?
BLB
Did not the Scripture say that out of the seed of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David was, comes the Christ?”
ÅB
Har ikke Skriften sag at Messias kommer av Davids slekt og fra Betlehem, den by hvor David var?
OTB
Sier ikke Skriften at Messias skal komme fra Davids ætt og fra Betlehem, landsbyen der David bodde?»
B1930
Har ikke Skriften sag at Messias kommer av Davids ætt og fra Betlehem, den by hvor David var?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Micah 5:2

    But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

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  • Matthew 2:5

    And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,

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  • Jeremiah 23:5

    Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

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  • Luke 2:4

    And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)

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  • Luke 2:11

    For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

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  • Matthew 1:1

    The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

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  • Isaiah 11:1

    And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

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  • 1 Samuel 16:1

    And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

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