Matthew 22:45
"If David calls him Lord, how can he be his Son?"
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
In Context
44"The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand Until I put thine enemies beneath thy feet?
46No one could answer him a word, nor did any one dare from that day to ask him another question.
Cross References
Romans 1:3this gospel is concerning his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of David’s posterity in respect of his bodily nature,
Philippians 2:6who, though from the beginning he had the nature of God, did not reckon equality with God something to be forcibly retained,
Hebrews 2:14Therefore, since the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also similarly partook of the same, in order that through death he might render powerless him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
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 →