But ¹  he said to them, “How is it that they say that the Christ ²  is David’s son? ³ 

biblegateway Luk 20:41

Then He said to them, "How is it that they say the Christ is David’s son?

Then He said to them, "How can they say that the Messiah is the Son of David?

But he said to them, "In what sense do they say [that] the Christ is David’s son?

biblegateway Luk 20:41

Then Jesus said to them, "How is it that they say the Christ is the Son of David?

But he said to them, "How can they say that the Christ is David's son?

bibleoremus Luk 20:41

Then he said to them, "How can they say that the Messiah is David’s son?

He said to them, “How can they say that the Messiah is David's son?

biblegateway Luk 20:41

And He said to them, "How can they say that the Christ is the Son of David?

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

biblegateway Luk 20:41

But ¹  he said to them, “How is it that they say that the Christ ²  is David’s son? ³ 

¹ sn If the religious leaders will not dare to question Jesus any longer, then he will question them.

² tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

² sn See the note on Christ in 2:11.

³ sn It was a common belief in Judaism that Messiah would be David’s son in that he would come from the lineage of David. On this point the Pharisees agreed and were correct. But their understanding was nonetheless incomplete, for Messiah is also David’s Lord. With this statement Jesus was affirming that, as the Messiah, he is both God and man.