The Question about the Messiah

⁴¹ While the Pharisees were together, Jesus questioned them,^{(A) 42} “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”

They replied, “David’s.”

⁴³ He asked them, “How is it then that David, inspired by the Spirit,^[a] calls him ‘Lord’:^(B)

⁴⁵ “If David calls him ‘Lord,’ how, then, can he be his son?” ⁴⁶ No one was able to answer him at all,^[d] and from that day no one dared to question him anymore.^(D)

The Question about the Messiah

⁴¹ Then^(A) he said to them, “How can they say that the Messiah is the son of David?^{(B) 42} For David himself says in the Book of Psalms:^(C)

⁴⁴ David calls him ‘Lord.’ How, then, can he be his son?”^(E)