And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David’s son?
In Luke 20:41 Jesus challenges the idea that the Messiah is merely a human descendant of David, testing whether His hearers saw Him as more than a man. The title Son of David at issue is the prophetic title for the Messiah. He presses the difficulty of how David can call the Messiah his Lord if the Messiah is his son and descendant.
David spoke these words by the Spirit of inspiration. The question points to David's inspired words about the Lord seated at God's right hand until His enemies are subdued. The verse thus teaches that the Messiah is both David's son by descent and David's Lord, the divine Son of God with authority greater than David's, not merely human. The verse stands among warnings against rejecting the Son of God that speak to people in every age who refuse to receive Him as Redeemer, and the doom they foreshadow will come upon the unrepentant.
In Luke 20:41 Jesus challenges the idea that the Messiah is merely a human descendant of David, testing whether His hearers saw Him as more than a man. The title Son of David at issue is the prophetic title for the Messiah. He presses the difficulty of how David can call the Messiah his Lord if the Messiah is his son and descendant.
David spoke these words by the Spirit of inspiration. The question points to David's inspired words about the Lord seated at God's right hand until His enemies are subdued. The verse thus teaches that the Messiah is both David's son by descent and David's Lord, the divine Son of God with authority greater than David's, not merely human. The verse stands among warnings against rejecting the Son of God that speak to people in every age who refuse to receive Him as Redeemer, and the doom they foreshadow will come upon the unrepentant.