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The Question About David’s Son(A)

35 While Jesus taught in the temple, He said, “How can the scribes say that Christ is the Son of David? 36 David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, declared:

‘The Lord said to my Lord,
    “Sit at My right hand,
until I put Your enemies
    under Your feet.” ’[a]

37 David himself calls Him ‘Lord.’ How then is He his Son?”

And the large crowd heard him gladly.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:36 Ps 110:1.

David’s Son and Lord

35 And continuing, Jesus said while[a] teaching in the temple courts,[b] “How can the scribes say that the Christ is David’s son? 36 David himself said by the Holy Spirit,

‘The Lord said to my Lord,
    “Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies
    under your feet.”’[c]

37 David himself calls him ‘Lord,’ and how is he his son?” And the large crowd was listening to him gladly.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:35 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“teaching”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Mark 12:35 *Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
  3. Mark 12:36 A quotation from Ps 110:1