Luke 20:44
New International Version
David calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”

New Living Translation
Since David called the Messiah ‘Lord,’ how can the Messiah be his son?”

English Standard Version
David thus calls him Lord, so how is he his son?”

Berean Standard Bible
Thus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?”

Berean Literal Bible
David therefore calls Him Lord, and how is He his son?"

King James Bible
David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?

New King James Version
Therefore David calls Him ‘Lord’; how is He then his Son?”

New American Standard Bible
Therefore David calls Him ‘Lord,’ and so how is He his son?”

NASB 1995
“Therefore David calls Him ‘Lord,’ and how is He his son?”

NASB 1977
“David therefore calls Him ‘Lord,’ and how is He his son?”

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore David calls Him ‘Lord,’ so how is He his son?”

Amplified Bible
So David calls Him (the Son) ‘Lord,’ and how then is He David’s son?”

Christian Standard Bible
David calls him ‘Lord.’ How, then, can the Messiah be his son? ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
David calls Him ‘Lord; how then can the Messiah be his Son?”

American Standard Version
David therefore calleth him Lord, and how is he his son?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
If, therefore, David called him, 'my Lord', how is he his son?”

Contemporary English Version
David spoke of the Messiah as his Lord, so how can the Messiah be his son?"

Douay-Rheims Bible
David then calleth him Lord: and how is he his son?

English Revised Version
David therefore calleth him Lord, and how is he his son?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
David calls him Lord. So how can he be his son?"

Good News Translation
David called him 'Lord'; how, then, can the Messiah be David's descendant?"

International Standard Version
So David calls him 'Lord.' Then how can he be his son?"

Literal Standard Version
David, then, calls Him Lord, and how is He his son?”

Majority Standard Bible
Thus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?”

New American Bible
Now if David calls him ‘lord,’ how can he be his son?”

NET Bible
If David then calls him 'Lord,' how can he be his son?"

New Revised Standard Version
David thus calls him Lord; so how can he be his son?”

New Heart English Bible
"David therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?"

Webster's Bible Translation
David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?

Weymouth New Testament
"David himself therefore calls Him Lord, and how can He be his son?"

World English Bible
“David therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?”

Young's Literal Translation
David, then, doth call him lord, and how is he his son?'

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Context
Whose Son is the Christ?
43until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” ’ 44Thus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?” 45In the hearing of all the people, Jesus said to His disciples,…

Cross References
Luke 20:43
until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet."'

Luke 20:45
In the hearing of all the people, Jesus said to His disciples,


Treasury of Scripture

David therefore calls him Lord, how is he then his son?

how.

Luke 1:31-35
And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS…

Luke 2:11
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

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Luke 20
1. Jesus confirms his authority by a question of John's baptism.
9. The parable of the vineyard.
19. Of giving tribute to Caesar.
27. He instructs the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection.
41. How Jesus is the Son of David.
45. He warns his disciples to beware of the scribes.














Verse 44. - David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his Son? That Jesus was the acknowledged descendant of David during his earthly ministry, is indisputable; we need but refer to the cries of the populace on Palm Sunday, the words of the woman of Canaan, of blind Bartimaeus, and others. History bears its witness to the same fact. The Emperor Domitian, it is well known, summoned the kinsmen of Jesus, the sons of Jude, his so-called brother, to Rome as "the sons of David,"

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
So if
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

David
Δαυὶδ (Dauid)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1138: David, King of Israel. Of Hebrew origin; Dabid, the Israelite king.

calls
καλεῖ (kalei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2564: (a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name. Akin to the base of keleuo; to 'call'.

Him
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

Lord,
Κύριον (Kyrion)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

how
πῶς (pōs)
Adverb
Strong's 4459: Adverb from the base of pou; an interrogative particle of manner; in what way?; also as exclamation, how much!

can He be
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

[David’s]
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

son?”
υἱός (huios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.


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