Matthew 22:41-45 - The Lord said to my Lord

22:41,42

Jesus then poses a question to the Pharisees, He asks them whose son they think the Messiah is. Their answer was “son of David”. The Old Testament said that David would always have a descendant upon the throne, so this was the common perception. Jesus then gets them to look wider and to think more deeply about what Scripture said. We must always take the Bible as a whole. It is not a series of disconnected books, but is one book made up of many books. All of it is God-breathed, it all fits together.

22:43-45

So Jesus points them to look more closely at Psalm 110. Psalm 110 was a recognised messianic psalm. It is noteworthy that Jesus and Paul and Hebrews often quote from the Psalms. The Psalms deal with emotions, but are also deeply theological. “David, speaking by the Spirit”, Jesus knew that the Old Testament was inspired by the Holy Spirit. David said “The Lord said to my Lord ...” This was not talking about David at all, rather David is talking about the messiah as “my Lord”. The Messiah is the Son of God. After this everyone gave up trying to catch Jesus out.