DEVOTIONS - MORE MATTHEW BLOG

While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” “The son of David,” they replied.

The Pharisees had been questioning Jesus, trying to catch Him in something that they could use against Him. Jesus now turns the tables on them and asks them a question. Their reply that the Christ was to be the son of David was a good answer using all of the resources of the law that were written, but Jesus points out a little known Scripture that is the voice of David saying to the Christ, that He is his Lord! This would mean that the Christ was considered by David to be greater than he was, the greatest King of Israel ever, and the Christ was greater than he was. That would make the Christ, “God”.  Jesus points this out to the Pharisees and basically says, “what do you think about that?”

The Pharisees choose not to answer the question, because if they said that the Christ was not greater than David, they would be going against the scripture that Jesus had quoted. If they said that the Christ was greater than David, then they allowed that the Christ might be God Himself, which is what Jesus was proclaiming.
The Pharisees believed that Jesus claims to be the son of God were blasphemy, making God less than He was by claiming that a human was His son. With this scripture Jesus was showing them that He truly was the “Son of God” and the Christ!
As a result of this exchange, the Pharisees and the Sadducees did not ask Jesus any more questions.

What does Jesus humanity mean to you?

What does Jesus divinity mean to you?