22 Bible Verses about Christ's Origin

and having summoned together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he enquired of them where the Messiah was to be born: and they told him, at Bethlehem in Judea;

But we know whence this man is; whereas when Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence He is.

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

saying, What think ye of the Messiah? whose son is He? They say unto Him, David's.

And He said unto them, How do they say, that Christ is the son of David?

And Jesus spake and said, as He was teaching in the temple, How do the scribes say, that the Christ is the son of David?

Hath not the Scripture said, that Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the town whence David was.

whose are the fathers, and of whom, as to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all God blessed for ever. Amen.

who was of the seed of David according to the flesh,

All the generations therefore from Abraham to David are fourteen generations: and from David until the captivity of Babylon fourteen generations: and from the Babylonish captivity unto Christ, fourteen generations.

Then said some of the pharisees, This man is not of God, because He doth not keep the sabbath: but others said, How can a wicked man do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

but as for this man, we know not whence He is.

The man answered, and said unto them, Why this is something strange, that ye know not whence He is, and yet He hath opened mine eyes.

And if this man were not from God, He could do nothing.

who knew that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that He came from God, and was going to God,

For the Father himself loveth you; because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came from God: and I indeed came from the Father,

and am come into the world: but now I am leaving the world again, and am going to the Father.

Now we are convinced that Thou knowest all things, and hast no need that any one should ask Thee: by this we believe that Thou camest forth from God.

for the instructions, which Thou gavest me, I have given to them: and they have received them, and have known of a truth that I came from Thee, and have believed that thou hast sent me.

and this is life eternal, to know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of the spiritual rock that followed them: and that rock was an emblem of Christ.

Now the promises were made to Abraham, and to his seed. He doth not say, "and to seeds," as of many; but as of one, "and to thy seed," which is Christ.