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

Hath not {G3780} the scripture {G1124} said {G2036}, That {G3754} Christ {G5547} cometh {G2064} of {G1537} the seed {G4690} of David {G1138}, and {G2532} out of {G575} the town {G2968} of Bethlehem {G965}, where {G3699} David {G1138} was {G2258}?

Doesn’t the Tanakh say that the Messiah is from the seed of David and comes from Beit-Lechem, the village where David lived?”

Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”

Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?

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Cross-References

  • Micah 5:2 (19 votes)

    But thou, Bethlehem 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.

  • Matthew 2:5 (14 votes)

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

  • Luke 2:4 (10 votes)

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

  • Jeremiah 23:5 (10 votes)

    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.

  • Isaiah 11:1 (9 votes)

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

  • Matthew 1:1 (9 votes)

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

  • Luke 2:11 (9 votes)

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