Lukas 20:41

41 And he said to them, How do they say that the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach is to be [merely] Dovid’s ben?

Lukas 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.

Lukas 20:41 In-Context

39 And, in reply, some of the Sofrim said, Rabbi, you spoke well.

40 For no longer were they daring to set a she’elah (question) before him regarding anything.

41 And he said to them, How do they say that the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach is to be [merely] Dovid’s ben?

42 For Dovid himself says in the book of Tehillim, NEUM HASHEM LADONI: SHEV LIMINI,

43 AD ASHIT OYVECHA L’RAGLECHA. [TEHILLIM 110:1]