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John 7:42

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

John 7:42 BSB
  1. a See Micah 5:2.

John 7:42 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Micah 5:2 (20 votes) and Matthew 2:5 (14 votes). 33 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from 1 Samuel 16 to James 4.

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Which verses does John 7:42 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Micah 5:220 votes

    But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.

  2. Matthew 2:514 votes

    “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

  3. Jeremiah 23:510 votes

    Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.

  4. Luke 2:410 votes

    So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.

  5. Isaiah 11:19 votes

    Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.

  6. Matthew 1:19 votes

    This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

  7. Luke 2:119 votes

    Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!

  8. 1 Samuel 16:18 votes

    Now 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, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”

  9. Psalm 132:118 votes

    The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.

  10. 1 Samuel 16:183 votes

    One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”

  11. 1 Samuel 16:11–132 votes
  12. Psalm 89:42 votes
  13. John 7:272 votes

    But we know where this man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”

  14. 1 Samuel 16:41 vote
  15. 1 Samuel 17:581 vote

Which verses point to John 7:42?

The 10 strongest of 33.