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 this one -- we have known whence he is; and the Christ, when he doth come, no one doth know whence he is.'

Jehovah hath sworn truth to David, He turneth not back from it: Of the fruit of thy body, I set on the throne for thee.

And a rod hath come out from the stock of Jesse, And a branch from his roots is fruitful.

Lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have raised to David a righteous shoot, And a king hath reigned and acted wisely, And done judgment and righteousness in the earth.

And thou, Beth-Lehem Ephratah, Little to be among the chiefs of Judah! From thee to Me he cometh forth -- to be ruler in Israel, And his comings forth are of old, From the days of antiquity.

And they said to him, 'In Beth-Lehem of Judea, for thus it hath been written through the prophet,

and Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, that is called Bethlehem, because of his being of the house and family of David,

Where

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, 'Till when art thou mourning for Saul, and I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I send thee unto Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, for I have seen among his sons for Myself a king.

and Saul saith unto him, 'Whose son art thou, O youth?' and David saith, 'Son of thy servant Jesse, the Beth-Lehemite.'

General references

for there shall be henceforth five in one house divided -- three against two, and two against three;

Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words,