Whose Son Is the Messiah?

35 Later, as Jesus was teaching the people in the Temple, he asked, “Why do the teachers of religious law claim that the Messiah is the son of David? 36 For David himself, speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, said,

‘The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit in the place of honor at my right hand
    until I humble your enemies beneath your feet.’[a]

37 Since David himself called the Messiah ‘my Lord,’ how can the Messiah be his son?” The large crowd listened to him with great delight.

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Footnotes

  1. 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