Luke 20:41

41 ¹Then He said to them, "How is it that they say the Christ is ²David'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 scribes answered and said, "Teacher, You have spoken well."

40 For they did not have courage to question Him any longer about anything.

41 Then He said to them, "How is it that they say the Christ is David's son?

42 "For David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD , "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,

43 UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET."'

Cross References

• 1. Luke 20:41-44: {Matthew 22:41-46; Mark 12:35-37}
• 2. Matthew 9:27

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. the Messiah