44 David calls him 'Lord.' How then can he be his son?"
44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?
44 David thus calls him Lord, so how is he his son?"
44 "David here designates the Messiah as 'my Master' - so how can the Messiah also be his 'son'?"
44 "Therefore David calls Him 'Lord'; how is He then his Son?"
44 Since David called the Messiah 'Lord,' how can the Messiah be his son?"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 20:44
Commentary on Luke 20:39-47
(Read Luke 20:39-47)
The scribes commended the reply Christ made to the Sadducees about the resurrection, but they were silenced by a question concerning the Messiah. Christ, as God, was David's Lord; but Christ, as man, was David's son. The scribes would receive the severest judgement for defrauding the poor widows, and for their abuse of religion, particularly of prayer, which they used as a pretence for carrying on worldly and wicked plans. Dissembled piety is double sin. Then let us beg of God to keep us from pride, ambition, covetousness, and every evil thing; and to teach us to seek that honour which comes from him alone.