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35 And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
36 David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, declared, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I put your enemies under your feet.’
37 David himself calls him Lord; so how is he his son?” And the great throng heard him gladly.
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In order to better understand this reading let’s return to its origin, Psalm 110:1.
“The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool.”
Who is the “Lord,” who says to “my Lord?”
God, Yahweh.
Then who does the phrase “my Lord,” refer to?
Someone greater than David, the Messiah. Jesus draws attention to the fact that when David (the psalm’s author) speaks about “my Lord,” David implies that “my Lord,” was greater than David.
The phrase “Sit at my right hand,” goes back to the ancient Egyptian usage when the reigning Pharaoh honors his own son with these very words.
The son is placed where he can be the Pharaoh’s right hand, that is, where he can be his father’s senior manager.
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The Davidic sonship of the Messiah was a standard Jewish belief (cf. John 7:41-42) based on the Old Testament Scriptures (cf. 2 Sam. 7:8-16; Ps. 89:3-4; Isa. 9:2-7; 11:1-9; Jer. 23:5-6; 30:9; 33:15-17, 22; Ezek. 34:23-24; 37:24; Hosea 3:5; Amos 9:11).
The idea that the risen Lord Jesus, is the reigning Messianic king seated at “God’s right hand” appears in the Old Testament Psalms 8:6 and 110:1 as well as in many New Testament passages. Acts 2:32–35; 1 Cor. 15:25; Eph. 1:20; Col. 3:1; Heb. 1:3, 13; 8:1; 10:12; 12:2; 1 Pet. 3:22; cf. Matt. 26:64. In 1 Cor. 15:25 and Eph. 1:20.
“that the Christ is the son of David” means the expected Messiah is David’s son but how can that be if the Messiah existed before, or preceded, David?
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The answer to that question is found in the Jewish adoption laws.
Joseph, the foster father of Jesus, claimed Him as a son thus Jesus was considered by law to be Joseph’s real son and Joseph himself was from the “house of David,” a descendent of David and it follows that through the adoption laws Jesus would also be considered David’s descendent.
Jesus thus validates the Old Testament prophecies that the expected Messiah is the son of David, is greater than David and at the same time did precede David.