Luke 20:44 Meaning and Explanation
“David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?”
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What Does Luke 20:44 Mean?
Jesus lays the riddle bare: David calls the Messiah 'my Lord,' yet the Messiah is David's son. In that world a father did not call his own descendant 'lord'; honor flowed the other way. How can the Christ stand both below David in lineage and above him in lordship?
The question hangs unanswered because only Jesus himself is the answer: son of David by birth in Bethlehem, Lord of David as the Son of God (Romans 1:3-4). The riddle is an invitation — the Christ is greater than any earthly category, and to confess him is to confess more than a king. What the scribes could not piece together, the resurrection morning will proclaim.
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David calls him Lord — how then is he his son?