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Whose Son Is the Christ?

Mark 12:35

In 9 translations

BSB
While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?Literally the temple
KJV
¶ And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?
WEB
Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
ASV
And Jesus answered and said, as he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that the Christ is the son of David?
LSV
And Jesus answering said, teaching in the temple, “How do the scribes say that the Christ is son of David?
YLT
And Jesus answering said, teaching in the temple, 'How say the scribes that the Christ is son of David?
DBY
And Jesus answering said [as he was] teaching in the temple, How do the scribes say that the Christ is son of David?
DRC
And Jesus answering, said, teaching in the temple: How do the scribes say, that Christ is the son of David?
GNV
And Iesus answered and said teaching in the Temple, Howe say the Scribes that Christ is the sonne of Dauid?

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Spelling of Δαυίδ: Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort: Δαυείδ; Textus Receptus: Δαβίδ.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἐστιν elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: Δαυίδ ἐστιν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Δαυίδ ἐστιν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐστιν Δαυίδ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἔλεγεν διδάσκων ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ· Πῶς λέγουσιν οἱ γραμματεῖς ὅτι ὁ χριστὸς υἱὸς Δαυίδ ἐστιν;
RP2018
Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἔλεγεν, διδάσκων ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, Πῶς λέγουσιν οἱ γραμματεῖς ὅτι ὁ χριστὸς υἱός ἐστιν Δαυίδ;
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἔλεγε, διδάσκων ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, Πῶς λέγουσιν οἱ γραμματεῖς ὅτι ὁ Χριστὸς υἱός ἐστι Δαβίδ;
SCR1894
και αποκριθεις ο ιησους ελεγεν διδασκων εν τω ιερω πως λεγουσιν οι γραμματεις οτι ο χριστος υιος εστιν δαβιδ

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👤 David👤 Jesus Christ◆ Holy Week◆ Debates in the Temple

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 20:41–44Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David? For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for…
  • 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…
  • Matthew 26:55At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.
  • John 18:20“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.
  • Luke 20:1One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, came up to Him.
  • Luke 21:37Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
  • 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?”
  • Mark 11:27After their return to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking in the temple courts, and the chief priests, scribes, and elders came up to Him.
  • Luke 19:47Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.
  • Matthew 9:27As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

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