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Micah 5:2
( 5: 1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah– from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past.
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John 6:42
and they said,“ Isn’t this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say,‘ I have come down from heaven’?”
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Matthew 13:54-57
Then he came to his hometown and began to teach the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said,“ Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother named Mary? And aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?And aren’t all his sisters here with us? Where did he get all this?”And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them,“ A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house.”
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John 9:29
We know that God has spoken to Moses! We do not know where this man comes from!”
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John 7:41-42
Others said,“ This is the Christ!” But still others said,“ No, for the Christ doesn’t come from Galilee, does he?Don’t the scriptures say that the Christ is a descendant of David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
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Mark 6:3
Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” And so they took offense at him.
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Matthew 2:5-6
“ In Bethlehem of Judea,” they said,“ for it is written this way by the prophet:‘ And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,are in no way least among the rulers of Judah,for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”
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Isaiah 11:1
A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, a bud will sprout from his roots.
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Luke 4:22
All were speaking well of him, and were amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth. They said,“ Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”
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John 7:15
Then the Jewish leaders were astonished and said,“ How does this man know so much when he has never had formal instruction?”
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Acts 8:33
In humiliation justice was taken from him. Who can describe his posterity? For his life was taken away from the earth.”
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Jeremiah 23:5
“ I, the LORD, promise that a new time will certainly come when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, a descendant of David. He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding and will do what is just and right in the land.
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Jeremiah 30:21
One of their own people will be their leader. Their ruler will come from their own number. I will invite him to approach me, and he will do so. For no one would dare approach me on his own. I, the LORD, affirm it!
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Isaiah 53:8
He was led away after an unjust trial– but who even cared? Indeed, he was cut off from the land of the living; because of the rebellion of his own people he was wounded.