Luke 20:41
But he said to them, How say men, Christ to be the son of David, [Forsooth he said to them, How say men, that Christ is the son of David,] (And he said to them, How can men say, that the Messiah is the Son of David?)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David’s son?
In Context
40And they durst no more ask him anything. (And they did not dare to ask him anything more.)
Cross References
Isaiah 11:1And a rod shall go out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall ascend (out) of the root of it.
Jeremiah 33:15In those days, and in that time, I shall make the seed of rightfulness to burgeon to David, and he shall make doom and rightfulness in [the] earth. (In those days, and at that time, I shall make the Seed of righteousness to burgeon unto David, and He shall make justice and right or judgement and righteousness in all the land.)
Matthew 1:1The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Mark 12:35And Jesus answered and said, teaching in the temple, How say [the] scribes, that Christ is the son of David? (And Jesus said, teaching in the Temple, How can the scribes say, that the Messiah is the Son of David?)
John 7:42Whether the scripture saith not, that of the seed of David, and of the castle of Bethlehem, where David was, Christ cometh? (Saith not the Scripture, that from the seed of David, and from the village of Bethlehem, where David was, the Messiah shall come?)
Romans 1:3of his Son, which is made to him of the seed of David by the flesh, [of his Son, the which is made of the seed of David after the flesh,] (of his Son, who was made for him from the seed of David by the flesh,)
Matthew Henry on Luke 20:40-47
The Scribes Confounded. 39 Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said. 40 And after that they durst not ask him any question at all. 41 And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son? 42 And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 43 Till I make thine enemies thy footstool. 44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son? 45 Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples, 46 Beware… Read the whole commentary →