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AndΚαὶJesusὁ Ἰησοῦςrespondedἀποκριθεὶςand said,ἔλεγενas he taughtδιδάσκωνinἐνthe temple,τῷ ἱερῷ“HowΠῶςdo the scribesοἱ γραμματεῖςsayλέγουσινthatὅτιthe Messiahὁ χριστὸςisἐστινthe sonυἱὸςof David?Δαυίδ
Mark 12:35
Study it in the app“And Jesus responded and said, as he taught in the temple, “How do the scribes say that the Messiah is the son of David?”
With the Greek beneath
Mark 12:35, word by word
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appears- respondedἀποκριθεὶςapokritheis
answer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apokritheis” appears- and saidἔλεγενelegen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “elegen” appears- as he taughtδιδάσκωνdidaskōn
teach
Teach.
Where else “didaskōn” appears- the templeἱερῷhierōi
temple
The whole sacred precinct in Jerusalem, with its courts and porches.
Where else “hierōi” appears- do the scribesγραμματεῖςgrammateis
scribe
A teacher who copied and explained the law of Moses.
Where else “grammateis” appears- the Messiahχριστὸςchristos
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “christos” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- the sonυἱὸςhuios
descendant
A descendant: "son of David".
Where else “huios” appears- of DavidΔαυίδDauid
David
David, the king of Israel from whose line God promised a king forever (2 Samuel 7:12-16).
Where else “Dauid” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Whose son is the Messiah?
See them side by side
Mark 12:35-37
35And Jesus responded and said, as he taught in the temple, “How do the scribes say that the Messiah is the son of David? 36David himself said by the Holy Spirit, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right until I put your enemies under your feet.”’ 37David himself calls him Lord; so how is he his son?” And the large crowd was listening to him gladly.
41Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42saying, “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They say to him, “David’s.” 43He says to them, “How then does David, in the Spirit, call him Lord, saying, 44‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right until I put your enemies under your feet”’? 45If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?” 46And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day to question him any longer.
41And he said to them, “How do they say that the Messiah is David’s son? 42For David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand 43until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’ 44So David calls him Lord; and how is he his son?”
The context
34And Jesus, seeing that he had answered wisely, said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared any longer to question him.
35 · This verse (above)
36David himself said by the Holy Spirit, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right until I put your enemies under your feet.”’
To study Mark 12 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jesus answer about paying tribute to Caesar (vv. 15–17)?
2. What it means
Why did Jesus say the poor widow put in more than all the others (vv. 41–44)?
3. How I live it
Jesus said the first commandment is to love the Lord, and the second to love your neighbor (vv. 29–31). How will you make this concrete today?