Lukas 20:44

44 Therefore, if Dovid calls him Adon, how is he [merely] ben Dovid?

Lukas 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).

Lukas 20:44 In-Context

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

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

44 Therefore, if Dovid calls him Adon, how is he [merely] ben Dovid?

45 In the hearing of all the people, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to his talmidim,

46 Beware of the Sofrim (Rabbonim), the ones wanting to strut around in long kaftans and loving [obsequious] Birkat Shalom greetings in the marketplaces and the rashei hamoshavot (chief seats) in the shuls and the places of kavod at seudos tishen,