John 7:42
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
KJV
οὐχ ἡ γραφὴ εἶπεν ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος Δαυεὶδ καὶ ἀπὸ Βηθλεὲμ τῆς κώμης ὅπου ἦν Δαυείδ, ὁ Χριστὸς ἔρχεται;
Greek NT
nonne Scriptura dicit : Quia ex semine David, et de Bethlehem castello, ubi erat David, venit Christus ?
Vulgate
Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?
ASV
Doth not the scripture say: That Christ cometh of the seed of David and from Bethlehem the town where David was?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Βηθλεέμ
bethleem
noun · 8×
Δαβίδ
dabid
noun · 59×
Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
γραφή
graphe
noun · 50×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κώμη
kome
noun · 26×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
σπέρμα
sperma
noun · 44×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅπου
opou
adverb · 82×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: οὐχ | WH/Treg/NIV: οὐχ | RP: Οὐχὶ
- οὐχ — SBLGNT
- οὐχ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Οὐχὶ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἔρχεται ὁ χριστός | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔρχεται ὁ χριστός | RP: ὁ χριστός ἔρχεται
- ἔρχεται ὁ χριστός — SBLGNT
- ἔρχεται ὁ χριστός — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ὁ χριστός ἔρχεται — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. But what is this vestibule? The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, Son of David, Son of Abraham. What do you say? Did you not promise to discourse of the Only-begotten Son of God, and do you make mention of David, a man born after a thousand generations, and say that he is both father and ancestor? Stay, seek not to learn all at once, but gently and little by little. Wh…
1. They who come to the divine preaching and give heed to the faith, must manifest the desire of thirsty men for water, and kindle in themselves a similar longing; so will they be able also very carefully to retain what is said. For as thirsty men, when they have taken a bowl, eagerly drain it and then desist, so too they who hear the divine oracles if they receive them thirsti…
1. At all times indeed, but especially then when I reflect upon the achievements of the saints, it comes over me to feel despondency concerning my own condition, because we have not even in dreams experienced the things among which those men spent their whole lives, not paying the penalty of sins, but always doing rightly and yet always afflicted. For consider, I beseech you, E…
Cross-references
- 1Sam 16:1 — And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: fo
- 1Sam 16:18 — Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a
- Isa 11:1 — And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
- Jer 23:5 — 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.
- Luke 2:4 — 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:)
- Luke 2:4 — 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:)
- Luke 2:11 — For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
- Luke 20:41 — And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David’s son?
- Matt 1:1 — The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
- Matt 1:1 — The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
- Matt 2:1 — Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
- Matt 2:5 — And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
- Matt 2:5 — And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
- Matt 2:6 — And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
- Matt 9:27 — And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.
- Mic 5:2 — 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, f
- Mic 5:2 — 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, f
- Ps 89:4 — Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
- Ps 132:11 — The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.