Luke 20:44

44 David thus calls him `Lord.' So how can he be David's son?"

Luke 20:44 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 20:44

David therefore called him Lord
Or, "my Lord", as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions read; or, "his Lord", as the Arabic version. This is the inference from the words before cited ( Psalms 110:1 ) , upon which the following question is asked, how is he then his son?
how can these things be reconciled? in what sense can he be both his Lord and son? (See Gill on Matthew 22:45).

Luke 20:44 In-Context

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." '
44 David thus calls him `Lord.' So how can he be David's son?"
45 Within the hearing of all the people, Yeshua said to his talmidim,
46 "Watch out for the kind of Torah-teachers that like to walk around in robes and be greeted deferentially in the marketplaces, the kind that like to have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets,
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