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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
ST JOHN
CHAPTER 7
  42 Hath not the scripture said, That aChrist cometh of the seed of bDavid, and out of the town of cBethlehem, where David was?

Footnotes
42a
1 Chr. 5: 2.
  2 For aJudah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief bruler; but the cbirthright was Joseph’s:)
Matt. 2: 6.
  6 And thou aBethlehem, in the land of bJuda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a cGovernor, that shall drule my people Israel.
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c
1 Sam. 16: 1.
  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 aJesse the bBeth-lehemite: for I have provided me a cking among his sons.
Micah 5: 2.
  2 But thou, aBeth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of bJudah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be cruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from deverlasting.
Luke 2: 4.
  4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called aBethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)