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Jesus asks how the Christ is David's Lord

Jesus asked the Pharisees how the Christ could be merely David's son when David, speaking by the Spirit, called Him Lord. No one could answer Him, and from that day no one dared question Him further (Matthew 22:41-46).

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📖 Matthew 22:41–43

41While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them: 42“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered. 43Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:

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David calls the Christ Lord

Jesus quotes Psalm 110:1 when asking how the Christ can be David's son while David himself calls Him Lord.

Psalms 110:1

A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

Psalm 110:1 records David saying that the LORD spoke to his Lord and invited Him to sit at His right hand; Luke 20:41-44 quotes the verse and draws attention to David's use of the title Lord.

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Sources: AiG: Timeline of the Bible (chart PDF, 2005)
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