Luke 20:41 - He said to them "Why do they say that the

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Explanation and meaning of Luke 20:41.

Differing Translations

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KJV, ASV, DBY, ERV, WBT, AKJV

And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?

DRA, YLT

But he said to them: How say they that Christ is the son of David?

WNT

But He asked them, "How is it they say that the Christ is a son of David?

BBE

And he said to them, Why do they say that the Christ is the son of David?

NHEB

He said to them, 'Why do they say that the Messiah is David's son?

CPDV

But he said to them: "How can they say that the Christ is the son of David?

OEB

But Jesus said to them, "How is it that people say that the Christ is to be David's son?

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Adam Clarke's Commentary (1831)

How say they - See the note on Matthew 22:42-46 (note).

Geneva Bible Translation Notes (1599)

(5) And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?
(5) Even though Christ is the son of David according to the flesh he is also his Lord (because he is the everlasting Son of God) according to the spirit.

John Gill's Exposition (1746-63)

And he said unto them,.... The Ethiopic version reads, "to the Pharisees"; and so it appears, that it was to them he spoke, from Matthew 22:41
how say they? The Syriac version reads, "how say the Scribes?" as in Mark 12:35 and the Persic version, how say the wise men, the doctors in Israel,
that Christ is David's son? that which nothing was more common among the Jews.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown's Comm. (1882)

CHRIST BAFFLES THE PHARISEES BY A QUESTION ABOUT DAVID AND MESSIAH, AND DENOUNCES THE SCRIBES. (Luke 20:41-47)
said, &c.--"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, Mark 12:36] call Him Lord?" (Matthew 22:42-43). The difficulty can only be solved by the higher and lower--the divine and human natures of our Lord (Matthew 1:23). Mark the testimony here given to the inspiration of the Old Testament (compare Luke 24:44).

B.W. Johnson's People's N.T. (1891)

How say they that Christ is David's son? See notes on Matthew 22:41-46. Compare Mark 12:35-37.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes (1754-65)

Matthew 22:41; Mark 12:35.

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