There is this wonderful confirmation of the Christmas events hidden away in John’s record of this discussion.
Joh 7:40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
Joh 7:41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
Joh 7:42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
John 7:52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
You can see just how important Matthew and Luke’s detail accounts are to the truth in light of John’s insight on what the people were saying about the times.
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