Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
John 7:42
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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 4, page 419, footnote 1 (Image)
Tertullian (IV), Minucius Felix, Commodian, Origen
Origen. (HTML)
Origen Against Celsus. (HTML)
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... of the distinctness and clearness of this prophecy, taught that in Bethlehem the Christ was to be born. And this opinion had prevailed also extensively among the Jews; for which reason it is related that Herod, on inquiring at the chief priests and scribes of the people, heard from them that the Christ was to be born in Bethlehem of Judea, “whence David was.” It is stated also in the Gospel according to John, that the Jews declared that the Christ was to be born in Bethlehem, “whence David was.”[John 7:42] But after our Lord’s coming, those who busied themselves with overthrowing the belief that the place of His birth had been the subject of prophecy from the beginning, withheld such teaching from the people; acting in a similar manner to those ...
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 9, page 97, footnote 11 (Image)
Gospel of Peter, Diatessaron, Apocalypses, Visio Pauli, Testament of Abraham, Acts of X/P, Zosimus, Aristides, Clement, Origen
The Diatessaron of Tatian. (HTML)
The Diatessaron. (HTML)
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CCEL Footnote 2394 (In-Text, Margin)
... Every one that believeth in me, as the scriptures said, there shall flow from his belly rivers of pure [3] water. He said that referring to the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet granted; and because Jesus had not yet been [4] [Arabic, p. 133] glorified. And many of the multitude that heard his words said, This is [5] in truth the prophet. And others said, This is the Messiah. But others [6] said, Can it be that the Messiah will come from Galilee?[John 7:42] Hath not the scripture said that from the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village of David, the [7] Messiah cometh? And there occurred a dissension in the multitude because of him. [8] And some of them were wishing to seize him; but no man ...