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DavidΔαυὶδhimselfαὐτὸςcallsλέγειhimαὐτὸνLord;κύριονsoκαὶhowπόθενis heἐστινhisαὐτοῦson?”υἱόςAndκαὶthe large crowdὁ πολὺς ὄχλοςwas listening toἤκουενhimαὐτοῦgladly.ἡδέως
Mark 12:37
Study it in the app“David himself calls him Lord; so how is he his son?” And the large crowd was listening to him gladly.”
With the Greek beneath
Mark 12:37, word by word
- DavidΔαυὶδDauid
David
David, the king of Israel from whose line God promised a king forever (2 Samuel 7:12-16).
Where else “Dauid” appears- callsλέγειlegei
call
To call someone by a name.
Where else “legei” appears- Lordκύριονkyrion
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrion” appears- howπόθενpothen
from where?
From where? where from?
Where else “pothen” appears- is heἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- sonυἱόςhuios
descendant
A descendant: "son of David".
Where else “huios” appears- the large crowdπολὺςpolys
great
Of great size or strength, like a crowd or a lament.
Where else “polys” appears- the large crowdὄχλοςochlos
crowd
A lot of people together.
Where else “ochlos” appears- was listening toἤκουενēkouen
listen
To pay attention and obey.
Where else “ēkouen” appears- gladlyἡδέωςhēdeōs
gladly
Gladly, with pleasure.
Where else “hēdeōs” appears
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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
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.”’
37 · This verse (above)
38And in his teaching he was saying, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and to receive greetings in the marketplaces
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?