Matthew 22:42
“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is he?” They said to him, “ He is the descendant of King David.”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.
In Context
41While the Pharisees were still gathered together near Jesus, he asked them,
Cross References
Isaiah 7:13Then I said to him, “You people who are descendants of King David, listen! You are causing me to be tired of being patient. Are you also going to cause my God to stop being patient with you [RHQ]?
Isaiah 11:1Like [MET] a new shoot often grows from the stump of a tree, there will be a descendant of King David who will be a new king.
Ezekiel 34:23And I will appoint one leader [MET] for them, someone who will be like King David, who served me very well. That leader will take care of them and be like their shepherd.
Matthew 1:1This is the record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, the descendant of King David and of Abraham, from whom all we Jews have descended.
Matthew 9:27As Jesus went away from there, two blind men followed him and shouted, “Have mercy on us and heal our eyes, you who are the Messiah, the Descendant of King David!”
Matthew 16:13When Jesus came with us disciples to the region near Caesarea Philippi town, he asked us, “Who do people say that I, the one who came from heaven, really am?”
Matthew Henry on Matthew 22:42-46
The Pharisees Silenced. 41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David. 43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, 44 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? 45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? 46 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.… Read the whole commentary →