Luke 20:41

41 But he said to them, "How is it that people say the Messiah is David's son?"

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 Torah-teachers answered, "Well spoken, Rabbi."

40 For they no longer dared put to him a sh'eilah.

41 But he said to them, "How is it that people say the Messiah is David's son?"

42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms,

43 `ADONAI said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool." '