What the Bible says about
(From Forerunner Commentary)

John 7:27 The Jewish people at that time had a tradition that when the Messiah came, He would just suddenly materialize. Nobody would know where He was from. Everyone familiar with Scripture ought to know this is not true. The book of Micah 5:2 plainly says that the Savior would come out of Bethlehem. It also says in Isaiah 9:1 that He would shine from the lands of Zebulon and Naphtali, "in Galilee of the Gentiles." They knew that. They were not facing up to the truth of the Scriptures. Was the information about where Jesus was born available to them? Yes, it was. They knew that Jesus descended from David and that Bethlehem was the city of his birth. All they had to do was check the records or ask Him or His family. It would have been easy to verify that He was born of Bethlehem in Judea at such a time and that His family lived in Galilee, fulfilling both prophecies. Those pieces of truth would have fallen into place. Instead, what are the people relying on? Fables, traditions that the Messiah would just suddenly materialize out of nowhere. John W. Ritenbaugh Truth (Part 2) Related Topics: Bethlehem | Birth of Jesus | Christ's Birth | Fables | Jesus as Descendant of David | Messianic Prophecies | Naphtali | Traditions about the Messiah | Zebulun

 

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