“While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” “The son of David,” they replied. He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,
“‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
under your feet.”’
If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions. ” [Mathew 22:41-46]
“Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
under your feet.”’
If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions. ” [Mathew 22:41-46]
DAVID'S SON IS DAVID'S LORD
While the Pharisees were still awed by Jesus’ answer to the lawyer, He faced them with a provocative problem. “What did they think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?
Most Pharisee did not believe that Jesus was the Christ; they were still waiting for the Messiah. So Jesus was not asking them, “What do you think of Me?” He was asking in general way whose Son the Messiah would be when He appeared.
They answered correctly that the Messiah would be a descendant of David. Then the Lord Jesus quoted Psalm 110:1 where David said, “The Lord said to my Lord, “sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool.’” The first use of the word “LORD” refers to God the Father, and the second to the Messiah. So David spoke of the Messiah as his Lord.
Now Jesus posed the question, “If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?” The answer is that the Messiah is both David’s Lord and David’s Son—both God and Man. As God, He is David’s Lord; as a Man, He is David’s Son.
Had the Pharisees only been teachable, they would have realized that Jesus was the Messiah—the Son of David through the line of Mary, and the Son of God as revealed by His words, works, and ways.
But they refused to see. Completely baffled by His wisdom, they ceased trying to trick Him with questions. Hereafter they would use another method—violence. "
They answered correctly that the Messiah would be a descendant of David. Then the Lord Jesus quoted Psalm 110:1 where David said, “The Lord said to my Lord, “sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool.’” The first use of the word “LORD” refers to God the Father, and the second to the Messiah. So David spoke of the Messiah as his Lord.
Now Jesus posed the question, “If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?” The answer is that the Messiah is both David’s Lord and David’s Son—both God and Man. As God, He is David’s Lord; as a Man, He is David’s Son.
Had the Pharisees only been teachable, they would have realized that Jesus was the Messiah—the Son of David through the line of Mary, and the Son of God as revealed by His words, works, and ways.
But they refused to see. Completely baffled by His wisdom, they ceased trying to trick Him with questions. Hereafter they would use another method—violence. "
Jesus, Son of David
“As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!” [Matthew 9:27]
Jesus, Son of David
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