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34. οὐ … ἀνέβη, he ascended not. He went down to the grave, and ‘slept with his fathers.’
λέγει δέ. The passage is from Psa 110:1. David saith, speaking as a prophet, and concerning the same person, whom though He is to be born of the fruit of his loins, he is yet taught by the Spirit to call his Lord. The words of this Psalm were admitted by the Jews themselves in their discourse with Jesus (Mat 22:44-45) to be spoken of the Christ.
κύριος τῷ κυρίῳ μου. The sense is, the Lord [Jehovah] said unto [Him whom I must even now call] my Lord, since I foresee how great He shall be.
κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου. A common Oriental expression for sharing power and sovereignty. Cf. the request of the mother of James and John when she desired places of influence for her sons in the future kingdom, which she supposed would be an earthly one (Mat 20:21).