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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Luke 20:41 - 20:41
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Luk 20:41-47. Christ baffles the Pharisees by a question about David and Messiah, and denounces the Scribes.
said, etc. - “What think ye of Christ [the promised and expected Messiah]? Whose son is He [to be]? They say unto Him, The son of David. He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit [by the Holy Ghost, Mar 12:36] call Him Lord?” (Mat 22:42, Mat 22:43). The difficulty can only be solved by the higher and lower - the divine and human natures of our Lord (Mat 1:23). Mark the testimony here given to the inspiration of the Old Testament (compare Luk 24:44).