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What does Matthew 22:45 mean?
"“If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?”"
— Matthew 22:45 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
saying, “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “Of David.”
He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,
‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?’
“If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?”
No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forward.
Explanation
Matthew 22:45 records the punchline of a question Jesus poses to the Pharisees: "If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?" In plain terms, Jesus is pointing out a puzzle. Everyone agreed that the Messiah, or Christ, would be a descendant of King David — his "son," in the sense of belonging to his family line. But Jesus quotes Psalm 110:1, where David himself, speaking by the Spirit, cal
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