Luke 20:43

43 until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet.’

Luke 20:43 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 20:43

Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
] Which words are a continuation of the citation out of the above Psalm ( Psalms 110:1 ) ; and for the application of these words, with the preceding, to the Messiah, (See Gill on Matthew 22:44).

Luke 20:43 In-Context

41 Then Jesus presented them with a question. “Why is it,” he asked, “that the Messiah is said to be the son of David?

42 For David himself wrote in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit in the place of honor at my right hand

43 until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet.’

44 Since David called the Messiah ‘Lord,’ how can the Messiah be his son?”

45 Then, with the crowds listening, he turned to his disciples and said,

Footnotes

• [a]. Ps 110:1 .