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NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Mat_22:41-46
41Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question: 42"What do you think about Christ, whose son is He?" They said to Him, "The son of David." 43He said to them, "Then how does David in the Spirit call Him 'Lord,'saying,
44'The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at My right hand,
Until I put Your enemies beneath Your feet'?
45If David then calls Him 'Lord,'how is He his son?"
46No one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question.
Mat_22:41-42 The Jewish leaders had asked Jesus several questions trying to test Him, now He asked them a question that showed their lack of spiritual understanding (cf. Mat_21:24-27).
Mat_22:42 "What do you think about Christ, whose son is He" This question basically dealt with the lineage of the Messiah. Jesus had accepted the OT Messianic title "son of David." This was a common Messianic title in Matthew (cf. Mat_9:27; Mat_12:23; Mat_15:22; Mat_20:30; Mat_21:9; Mat_21:15). Jesus was clearly asserting His own messiahship. The Jews of Jesus' day were not expecting a divine incarnation but a divine empowering like the Judges. Jesus used Psalms 110 (cf. Mat_22:44) to show the human lineage and divine lineage of the Messiah.
Mat_22:44 This same Messianic use of Psalms 110 is found in Mat_26:64. The Hebrew text of Psa_110:1 was a play on the term YHWH (Lord) and Adonai (Lord). The first would represent the God of Israel; the second would refer to the Messiah.
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