John 7:42

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Not

Luke 2:4

Where

1 Samuel 16:1

1 Samuel 17:58

General references

Luke 12:52

John 10:19

Bible References

Not

But we know where this man is from. When the Messiah comes, nobody will know where He is from.”

The Lord swore an oath to David,
a promise He will not abandon:
“I will set one of your descendants
on your throne.

Then a shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch from his roots will bear fruit.

“The days are coming”—this is the Lord’s declaration—
“when I will raise up a Righteous Branch of David.
He will reign wisely as king
and administer justice and righteousness in the land.

Bethlehem Ephrathah,

you are small among the clans of Judah;
One will come from you
to be ruler over Israel for Me.
His origin is from antiquity,
from eternity.

“In Bethlehem of Judea,” they told him, “because this is what was written by the prophet:

And Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David,

Where

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem because I have selected a king from his sons.”

Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?”

“The son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David answered.

General references

From now on, five in one household will be divided: three against two, and two against three.

Again a division took place among the Jews because of these words.