Mark 12:35

Translations

Modern

While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

Traditional

And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?

Literal

And answering, Jesus was saying, teaching in the temple, “How do the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

Latin

Et respondens Jesus dicebat, docens in templo: Quomodo dicunt scribæ Christum filium esse David?

Interlinear

Greek

English

While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

Notes

Mark 12:35–37

After answering many questions, most of them from opponents, Jesus asked a question of his own (see 8:27; Matthew 17:25; 21:31; Luke 10:36). The Messiah was commonly called the Son of David because of passages like Isaiah 9:2–7; 11:1–5; Jeremiah 23:5–6; 33:15–16; Ezekiel 34:23–24; 37:24–28.

Jesus did not deny that the Messiah was a descendant of David (Mark 10:47–48; 11:10; see Romans 1:3–4). Instead, he showed that this title alone was not enough to describe the Messiah. The Messiah is much greater than only a son of David.

Theme notes and profiles

David

Events

Related verses

Luke 20:41–44
Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?
Matthew 22:41–45
While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them:
Matthew 26:55
At 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.
Luke 20:1
One 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 19:47
Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.
Matthew 9:27
As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
Luke 21:37
Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
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.
Mark 11:27
After their return to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking in the temple courts, and the chief priests, scribes, and elders came up to Him.
John 7:42
Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”

Parallels

Matthew 22:41–46 Luke 20:41–44

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ Jesus: The Son of God and Savior of the world

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) David Mark, Gospel of Melchizedek Scribe

Topics

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Mark 12:35

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