Matthew 22:42
New International Version
“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” “The son of David,” they replied.

New Living Translation
“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They replied, “He is the son of David.”

English Standard Version
saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.”

Berean Standard Bible
“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.

Berean Literal Bible
saying, "What do you think concerning the Christ? Of whom is He son?" They say to Him, "Of David."

King James Bible
Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.

New King James Version
saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The Son of David.”

New American Standard Bible
“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” They said to Him, “The son of David.”

NASB 1995
“What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?” They said to Him, “The son of David.”

NASB 1977
saying, “What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?” They said to Him, “The son of David.”

Legacy Standard Bible
saying, “What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?” They said to Him, “The son of David.”

Amplified Bible
“What do you [Pharisees] think of the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed)? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The son of David.”

Christian Standard Bible
“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he? ” They replied, “David’s.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose Son is He?"” David’s,” they told Him.

American Standard Version
saying, What think ye of the Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he said, “What are you saying about The Messiah? Whose Son is He?” They were saying to him, “The Son of David.”

Contemporary English Version
"What do you think about the Messiah? Whose family will he come from?" They answered, "He will be a son of King David."

Douay-Rheims Bible
Saying: What think you of Christ? whose son is he? They say to him: David's.

English Revised Version
saying, What think ye of the Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?" They answered him, "David's."

Good News Translation
"What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is he?" "He is David's descendant," they answered.

International Standard Version
"What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?" They told him, "David's."

Literal Standard Version
saying, “What do you think concerning the Christ? Of whom is He Son?” They say to Him, “Of David.”

Majority Standard Bible
“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.

New American Bible
saying, “What is your opinion about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They replied, “David’s.”

NET Bible
"What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said, "The son of David."

New Revised Standard Version
“What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.”

New Heart English Bible
saying, "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "Of David."

Webster's Bible Translation
Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say to him, The son of David.

Weymouth New Testament
"What think you about the Christ," He said, "whose son is He?" "David's," they replied.

World English Bible
saying, “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “Of David.”

Young's Literal Translation
saying, 'What do ye think concerning the Christ? of whom is he son?' They say to him, 'Of David.'

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Context
Whose Son is the Christ?
41While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them: 42 “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” David’s,” they answered. 43Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:…

Cross References
Matthew 9:27
As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!"

Matthew 22:43
Jesus said to them, "How then does David in the Spirit call Him 'Lord'? For he says:


Treasury of Scripture

Saying, What think you of Christ? whose son is he? They say to him, The son of David.

What.

Matthew 2:4-6
And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born…

Matthew 14:33
Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

Matthew 16:13-17
When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? …

The Son.

Matthew 1:1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Matthew 21:9
And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

Isaiah 7:13,14
And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? …

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Matthew 22
1. The parable of the marriage of the king's son.
9. The vocation of the Gentiles.
12. The punishment of him who lacked a wedding garment.
15. Tribute ought to be paid to Caesar.
23. Jesus confutes the Sadducees for the resurrection;
34. answers which is the first and great commandment;
41. and puzzles the Pharisees by a question about the Messiah.














(42) The son of David.--Both question and answer gain a fresh significance from the fact that the name had been so recently uttered in the Hosannas of the multitude (Matthew 21:9; Matthew 21:15). The Pharisees are ready at once with the traditional answer; but they have never asked themselves whether it conveyed the whole truth, whether it could be reconciled, and if so, how, with the language of predictions that were confessedly Messianic.

Verse 42. - What think ye of Christ? τοῦ Ξριστοῦ, the Christ, the Messiah. What is your belief? What do you, the teachers of the people and the careful interpreters of Scripture, opine concerning the Messiah? Whose Son is he? This was a question the full bearing of which they did not comprehend, thinking that it referred only to his earthly descent. In their partial knowledge, perhaps half contemptuously, as to an inquiry familiar to all, they say unto him, The Son of David. So all prophecy had said, as they very well knew (Matthew 1:1).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
“What
Τί (Ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

{do} you
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

think
δοκεῖ (dokei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1380: A prolonged form of a primary verb, doko dok'-o of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem.

about
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Christ?
Χριστοῦ (Christou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

Whose
τίνος (tinos)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

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.

is He?”
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,”
Δαυίδ (Dauid)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 1138: David, King of Israel. Of Hebrew origin; Dabid, the Israelite king.

they answered.
Λέγουσιν (Legousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.


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