Is Christ the Son of David?translated

On September 13, during the Sunday Divine Liturgy, the 92nd conception of the Gospel of Matthew is read. The conversation quoted by Matthew refers to the last week of the Lord’s earthly life. Jesus Christ is in Jerusalem. A few more days and He will be crucified. During this period, the contradictions between Christ and the religious leaders of Israel reach their climax.

And one of them, a lawyer, tempting Him, asked, saying: Teacher! What is the greatest commandment in the law? Jesus said to him, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind: this is the first and greatest commandment; the second is similar to it: love your neighbor as yourself; On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

When the Pharisees had gathered, Jesus asked them: What do you think about Christ? Whose Son is He? They say to Him: David. He said to them: How then does David, by inspiration, call Him Lord, when he says: The Lord said to my Lord: Sit on My right hand, until I make Your enemies Your footstool? So if David calls Him Lord, how is He His Son? And no one could answer Him a word; and from that day no one dared to ask Him (Matthew 22:35-46).

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