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Matthew 22:43
Study it in the app“He says to them, “How then does David, in the Spirit, call him Lord, saying,”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 22:43, word by word
- He saysλέγειlegei
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legei” appears- does DavidΔαυὶδDauid
David
David, the king of Israel from whose line God promised a king forever (2 Samuel 7:12-16).
Where else “Dauid” appears- the Spiritπνεύματιpneumati
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneumati” appears- callκαλεῖkalei
call
To give someone a name.
Where else “kalei” appears- Lordκύριονkyrion
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrion” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Whose son is the Messiah?
See them side by side
Matthew 22:41-46
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.
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.
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
42saying, “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They say to him, “David’s.”
43 · This verse (above)
44‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right until I put your enemies under your feet”’?
To study Matthew 22 in a group
1. What it says
Which commandment did Jesus say is the greatest, and which is the second (vv. 37–39)?
2. What it means
Why does Jesus say that all the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commandments (v. 40)?
3. How I live it
Jesus joined loving God with loving your neighbor (vv. 37–39). What will make your love for someone near you concrete today?