Parallel Verses

Amplified

Then He said to them, “How is it that people say that the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) is David’s son?

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

Then he asked them, "How can people say that the Messiah is David's son?

A Conservative Version

And he said to them, How do they say the Christ is David's son?

American Standard Version

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

An Understandable Version

And Jesus said to them [i.e., the Pharisees. See Matt. 22:41], "How is it that they [i.e., the experts in the law of Moses. See Mark 12:35] can say that the Christ [i.e., God's specially chosen one] is the son of David?

Anderson New Testament

But he said to them: How say they that the Christ is the son of David?

Bible in Basic English

And he said to them, Why do they say that the Christ is the son of David?

Common New Testament

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

Daniel Mace New Testament

But Jesus said to them, you affirm the Messiah must be descended from David, how can that be?

Darby Translation

And he said to them, How do they say that the Christ is David's son,

Godbey New Testament

And He said to them; How do they say that the Christ is the son of David?

Goodspeed New Testament

But he said to them, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is a son of David?

John Wesley New Testament

And he said to them, How say they that Christ is David's son?

Julia Smith Translation

And he said to them, how say they Christ to be son of David?

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then said he unto them, "How say they that Christ is David's son?

Moffatt New Testament

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

Montgomery New Testament

"How is it," he asked them, "that they say that Christ is David's son?

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

He said to them, "Why do they say that the Messiah is David's son?

Noyes New Testament

And he said to them, How is it that men say that the Christ is Davids son?

Sawyer New Testament

And he said to them, How do they say that the Christ is the son of David?

The Emphasized Bible

And he said unto them - How say they, that, the Christ, is, David's Son?

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Then he spake to them: How say they that the Messiah is the son of David?

Twentieth Century New Testament

But Jesus said to them: "How is it that people say that the Christ is to be David's son?

Webster

And he said to them, How say they that Christ is David's son?

Weymouth New Testament

But He asked them, "How is it they say that the Christ is a son of David?

Williams New Testament

Then He said to them, "How do people say that the Christ is David's Son?

World English Bible

He said to them, "Why do they say that the Christ is David's son?

Worrell New Testament

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

Worsley New Testament

And He said unto them, How do they say, that Christ is the son of David?

Youngs Literal Translation

And he said unto them, 'How do they say the Christ to be son of David,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

he said
ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824

πρός 
Pros 
unto, to, with, for, against, among, at, not tr, , vr to
Usage: 412


Usage: 0

How
πῶς 
Pos 
Usage: 65

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

Χριστός 
christos 
Usage: 557

is
εἶναι 
Einai 
to be, be, was, is, am, are, were, not tr,
Usage: 97

Δαβίδ 
Dabid 
Usage: 46

References

Morish

Context Readings

David's Son And Lord

40 And they did not dare to question Him further about anything [because of the wisdom He displayed in His answers]. 41 Then He said to them, “How is it that people say that the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) is David’s son? 42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms,

The Lord (the Father) said to my Lord (the Son, the Messiah),
Sit at My right hand,

Cross References

Matthew 1:1

The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son (descendant) of David, the son (descendant) of Abraham:

Mark 12:35-37

Jesus began to say, as He taught in [a portico or court of] the temple, How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?

Isaiah 9:6-7


For to us a Child shall be born, to us a Son shall be given;
And the government shall be upon His shoulder,
And His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 11:1-2

Then a Shoot (the Messiah) will spring from the stock of Jesse [David’s father],
And a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.

Jeremiah 23:5-6


“Behold (listen closely), the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch;
And He will reign as King and act wisely
And will do [those things that accomplish] justice and righteousness in the land.

Jeremiah 33:15-16

In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch of David to spring forth; and He (the Messiah) shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth.

Jeremiah 33:21

then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, and [My covenant may also be broken] with the Levitical priests, My ministers.

Matthew 22:41-45

Now while the Pharisees were [still] gathered together, Jesus asked them a question:

Luke 18:38-39

So he shouted out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David (Messiah), have mercy on me!”

John 7:42

Does the Scripture not say that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”

Acts 2:30

And so, being a prophet and knowing fully that God had sworn to him with an oath that He would seat one of his descendants on his throne,

Romans 1:3-4

[the good news] regarding His Son, who, as to the flesh [His human nature], was born a descendant of David [to fulfill the covenant promises],

Revelation 22:16

“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you and to give you assurance of these things for the churches. I am the Root (the Source, the Life) and the Offspring of David, the radiant and bright Morning Star.”

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