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Luke 2:4 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Luke 2:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Luke chapter 2 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)”
Luke 2:4 (KJV)
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Commentary on Luke 2:4
Joseph going 'from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem' emphasizes the geographic movement necessary to fulfill prophecy. The phrase 'because he was of the house and lineage of David' explains both why Joseph went to Bethlehem and Jesus's legal right to David's throne. That Jesus's adoptive father descends from David establishes messianic credentials through legal lineage, while Matthew's genealogy traces Mary's biological descent. God's providence arranged that both Mary's biological and Joseph's legal lines descend from David. ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Luke 2:4
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“Bethlehem Ephrathah”
“{2 Samuel 7:12} and from Bethlehem”
“How long will you mourn for Saul”
“And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets”
“saying”
“the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee”
“when he began to teach”
“where he had been brought up. He entered”
“Boaz came from Bethlehem”
“then say”