Luke 20:41-44 (NIV)
41 Then Jesus said to them, “How is it that they say the Christ is the Son of David?
42 David himself declares in the Book of Psalms: “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand
43 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”‘
44 David calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”
On verses 41-44: After being asked different questions by the chief priests, teachers of the law and the Sadducees, Jesus asks a question of his own. He first points out what seems like a contradiction in the Old Testament Scriptures. On one hand, the Scriptures teach that the Messiah is “the Son of David” (v41), that is, a descendant of David. On the other hand, in one of David’s most famous written prayers (Psalm 110:1, which Jesus quotes in verse 42-43), David calls the Messiah his “Lord” (v42). It would be strange for an older person to call one of their distant descendants (i.e. their great-great-great-great-great-great… grand child) “Lord”. So why does David call his own distant descendant, the Messiah, “Lord”? That is Jesus’ question.
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Luke 20:27-40 (NIV)
27 Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question.
28 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and have children for his brother.
29 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childless……
On verses 27-40: The Sadducees, a group of Jews that believed parts of the Old Testament but did not believe that resurrection was possible, come to Jesus with a question to show what they thought was the absurdity of believing in the possibility of resurrection. However, their question was based on a wrong assumption which Jesus challenges. The Sadducees assumed that life in heaven would be just like life on earth, with people marrying and being given in marriage, and that if two people are married on earth, they will be a married couple in heaven too. Jesus corrects the Sadducees’ wrong assumption (v35-36) and then, using the very Scriptures that the Sadducees believed, shows them that their Scriptures affirm the reality of resurrection.
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