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So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.
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Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.
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the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
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Jesus answered them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
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He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
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Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
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Whose Son Is the Messiah?
Then Jesus said to them, “Why is it said that the Messiah is the son of David?
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David himself declares in the Book of Psalms: “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand
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David calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”
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Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?”
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and said, “Brothers and sisters, the Scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through David concerning Judas, who served as guide for those who arrested Jesus.
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David said about him: “‘I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
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“Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day.
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For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said, “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand
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You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David: “‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
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After receiving the tabernacle, our ancestors under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before them. It remained in the land until the time of David,
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After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’
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God raised him from the dead so that he will never be subject to decay. As God has said, “‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
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“Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed.
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“‘After this I will return and rebuild David’s fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,
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regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life was a descendant of David,
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David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
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And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them.
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Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel,
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God again set a certain day, calling it “Today.” This he did when a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.”
