The Question about the Messiah

41 Then(A) he said to them, “How can they say that the Messiah is the son of David?(B) 42 For David himself says in the Book of Psalms:(C)

The Lord declared to my Lord,
‘Sit at my right hand
43 until I make your enemies your footstool.’[a](D)

44 David calls him ‘Lord.’ How, then, can he be his son?”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 20:42–43 Ps 110:1

A Question about David’s Son(A)

41 Then he asked them, “How can people[a] say that the Messiah[b] is David’s son? 42 Because David himself in the book of Psalms says,

‘The Lord[c] told my Lord,
    “Sit at my right hand,
43 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’[d]

44 So David calls him ‘Lord.’ Then how can he be his son?”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 20:41 Lit. they
  2. Luke 20:41 Or Christ
  3. Luke 20:42 MT source citation reads Lord
  4. Luke 20:43 Cf. Ps 110:1