Matthew 22:45

"If therefore David calls Him Lord, how can He be his son?"

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?

In Context

44"`The Lord said to my Lord, sit at My right hand until I have put thy foes beneath thy feet'?

46No one could say a word in reply, nor from that day did any one venture again to put a question to Him.

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Cross References

Romans 1:3who, as regards His human descent, belonged to the posterity of David,

Philippians 2:6Although from the beginning He had the nature of God He did not reckon His equality with God a treasure to be tightly grasped.

Hebrews 2:14Since then the children referred to are all alike sharers in perishable human nature, He Himself also, in the same way, took on Him a share of it, in order that through death He might render powerless him who had authority over 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 →

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