41 Then Jesus said to them, "Why is it said that the Messiah is the son of David?
41 And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?
41 But he said to them, "How can they say that the Christ is David's son?
41 Then he put a question to them: "How is it that they say that the Messiah is David's son?
41 And He said to them, "How can they say that the Christ is the Son of David?
41 Then Jesus presented them with a question. "Why is it," he asked, "that the Messiah is said to be the son of David?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 20:41
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.