“(Hom. li. 2.) But be it so, they knew not His birth-place: were they ignorant also of His extraction? that He was of the house and family of David? Why did they ask, Hath not the Scripture said, that Christ cometh of the seed of David? They wished to conceal His extraction, and therefore put forward where He had been…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
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42Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
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40Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
41Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
— John 7:42 —
43So there was a division among the people because of him.
44And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.