Whose Son Is the Christ?
Luke 20:41
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?
- KJV
- And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David’s son?
- WEB
- He said to them, “Why do they say that the Christ is David’s son?
- ASV
- And he said unto them, How say they that the Christ is David’s son?
- LSV
- And He said to them, “How do they say the Christ is [the] son of David,
- YLT
- And he said unto them, 'How do they say the Christ to be son of David,
- DBY
- And he said to them, How do they say that the Christ is David's son,
- DRC
- But he said to them: How say they that Christ is the son of David?
- GNV
- Then sayd he vnto them, Howe say they that Christ is Dauids sonne?
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
- Word order: Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place εἶναι elsewhere in this verse.
- Spelling of Δαυὶδ: Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort: Δαυεὶδ; Textus Receptus: Δαβὶδ.
- Word order: Tregelles, Byzantine text place υἱόν elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: εἶναι Δαυὶδ υἱόν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read εἶναι Δαυὶδ υἱόν; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read υἱὸν Δαυὶδ εἶναι.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς· Πῶς λέγουσιν τὸν χριστὸν εἶναι Δαυὶδ υἱόν;
- RP2018
- Εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς, Πῶς λέγουσιν τὸν χριστὸν υἱὸν Δαυὶδ εἶναι;
- TR-Boyd
- Εἶπε δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς, Πῶς λέγουσι τὸν Χριστὸν υἱὸν Δαβὶδ εἶναι;
- SCR1894
- ειπεν δε προς αυτους πως λεγουσιν τον χριστον υιον δαβιδ ειναι
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- Mark 12:35–37While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David? Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right…
- Jeremiah 23:5–6Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land. In His days Judah will be…
- Matthew 1:1This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
- Romans 1:3–4regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh, and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Acts 2:30But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
- Jeremiah 33:15–16In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land. In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely,…
- Isaiah 11:1–2Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit. The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the…
- Luke 18:38–39So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Those who led the way admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
- Matthew 22:41–45While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them: “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he…
- Jeremiah 33:21then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne.
- John 7:42Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
- Isaiah 9:6–7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His…
- Revelation 22:16“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
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