Matthew 22:44

“‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right until I put your enemies under your feet”’?”
Matthew 22:44 · direct translation from the Greek

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‘The LordκύριοςsaidΕἶπενto my Lord,τῷ κυρίῳ μου“SitΚάθουatἐκmy rightδεξιῶν μουuntilἕως ἂνI putθῶyour enemiesτοὺς ἐχθρούς σουunderὑποκάτωyour feet”’?τῶν ποδῶν σου

Quotation · Psalms 110:1

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Psalm 110:1 is quoted: “YHWH declares to my lord: Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.” In the Hebrew, the first “Lord” is YHWH and the second, adoni.

Formula: Πῶς οὖν Δαυὶδ ἐν πνεύματι καλεῖ αὐτὸν κύριον λέγων “how then does David, in the Spirit, call him Lord, saying…?” (Matthew 22:43)

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Greek of the New Testament: Εἶπεν κύριος τῷ κυρίῳ μου Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν σου

Hebrew (Masoretic text): לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר נְאֻם יְהוָה לַאדֹנִי שֵׁב לִימִינִי עַד אָשִׁית אֹיְבֶיךָ הֲדֹם לְרַגְלֶיךָ

Septuagint (Psalms 109:1 in the Septuagint numbering): Εἶπεν ὁ κύριος τῷ κυρίῳ μου Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 14 consecutive words: “κύριος τῷ κυρίῳ μου Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Matthew 22:44, word by word

‘The Lordκύριοςkyrios

Lord

The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.

Where else “kyrios” appears

saidΕἶπενEipen

say

To express something in words to others.

Where else “Eipen” appears

“SitΚάθουKathou

reign

To be on the throne, to reign.

Where else “Kathou” appears

my rightδεξιῶνdexiōn

right

Right (hand, side).

Where else “dexiōn” appears

I putθῶthō

put

To put something somewhere.

Where else “thō” appears

your enemiesἐχθρούςechthrous

enemy

Someone who hates another or wars against them.

Where else “echthrous” appears

underὑποκάτωhypokatō

under

Under, beneath.

Where else “hypokatō” appears

your feet”’ποδῶνpodōn

foot

Foot.

Where else “podōn” appears

Translation note

Psalm 110:1; in the Hebrew, “YHWH declares to my lord (adoni).”

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

Whose son is the Messiah?

Mark 12:35-37 Luke 20:41-44

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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.

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.

Luke 20:41-44

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?”

Quotation · Psalms 110:1

Psalm 110:1 is quoted: “YHWH declares to my lord: Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.” In the Hebrew, the first “Lord” is YHWH and the second, adoni.

See them side by side

Matthew 22:44

⁴⁴‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right until I put your enemies under your feet”’?

Psalms 110:1

¹Of David. A psalm. YHWH declares to my lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”

The context

43He says to them, “How then does David, in the Spirit, call him Lord, saying,

44 · This verse (above)

45If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?”

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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?

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