41 And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David’s son? 42 And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 43 Till I make thine enemies thy footstool. 44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son? (Luke 20:41-44 KJV)
Whose Son Is the Christ?
Jesus confronted his listeners, the Jews and their leaders, with a question about the Messiah that left them puzzled (Luke 20:41). Scripture made it clear that Christ would be the Son of David—even the blind man acknowledged this (Luke 18:39). Yet David also called the Messiah his Lord (Luke 20:42, 44), as in Psalm 110:1: “The Lord said to my Lord.” If the Messiah is David’s son, why does David call him Lord? Jesus left them to wrestle with this. We, however, understand that Christ is both David’s Son in his humanity and David’s Lord in his divinity. He is the root and offspring of David (Revelation 22:16)—a descendant in his human nature, but the source of David’s life and grace in his divine nature.