John 7:42

7:42 Don’t the scriptures say that the Christ is a descendant ¹  of David ²  and comes from Bethlehem, ³  the village where David lived?” ⁴ 

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¹ tn Grk “is from the seed” (an idiom for human descent).

² sn An allusion to Ps 89:4.

³ sn An allusion to Mic 5:2.

map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

⁴ tn Grk “the village where David was.”