John 7:42

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Doesn’t the Scripture  say that the Messiah comes from David’s  offspring  and from the town of Bethlehem,  where David lived? ’

Cross References

Micah 5:2

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 ancient times.

Matthew 2:5

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

Luke 2:4

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,

Jeremiah 23:5

‘Look, the days are coming’   #– #this is the  Lord’s declaration – ‘when I will raise up a Righteous Branch for David. He will reign wisely as king and administer justice and righteousness in the land.

Luke 2:11

Today in the city of David a Saviour  was born for you, who is the Messiah,  the Lord.

Matthew 1:1

An  account  of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David,  the Son of Abraham:

Isaiah 11:1

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

1 Samuel 16:1

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 for myself a king from his sons.’

1 Samuel 16:18

One of the young men answered, ‘I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is also a valiant man,  a warrior, eloquent, handsome, and the Lord is with him.’

John 7:27

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

1 Samuel 17:58

Saul said to him, ‘Whose son are you, young man? ’ ‘The son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,’  David answered.

1 Samuel 16:4

Samuel did what the Lord directed and went to Bethlehem.  When the elders of the town met him, they trembled  and asked, ‘Do  you come in peace? ’

Matthew 2:6

And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah: Because out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’  ,

1 Chronicles 2:51

Salma fathered Bethlehem, and Hareph fathered Beth-gader.