Luke 20:41

41 Jesus asked them, "How can it be said that the Messiah will be the descendant of David?

Luke 20:41 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 20:41

And he said unto them
The Ethiopic version reads, "to the Pharisees"; and so it appears, that it was to them he spoke, from ( Matthew 22:41 ) how say they?
The Syriac version reads, "how say the Scribes?" as in ( Mark 12:35 ) and the Persic version, how say the wise men, the doctors in Israel, that Christ is David's son?
that which nothing was more common among the Jews.

Luke 20:41 In-Context

39 Some of the teachers of the Law spoke up, "A good answer, Teacher!"
40 For they did not dare ask him any more questions.
41 Jesus asked them, "How can it be said that the Messiah will be the descendant of David?
42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms, "The Lord said to my Lord: Sit here at my right side
43 until I put your enemies as a footstool under your feet.'
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.