Mark 12:35-41 – Whose Son is the Christ.
- Jesus starts off by posing a theological question.
- He quotes Psalm 110 – the most quoted part of the OT in the NT. All of Psalm 110 is considered Messianic.
- He is not ridiculing so much as opening people’s minds to a different possibility.
- How can the Messiah by the Son of David if David calls Him Lord? Obviously there is something going on that the teachers of the law do not understand.
- The teachers of the law were part of the Sanhedrin.
- Jesus had obvious issues with them for obvious reasons.
- Here Jesus is playing the classical role of a prophet when the priests are no longer leading the people correctly.
- I am a teacher and must be very careful that I do not use my role to rob or impress people. I must direct my heart to God not to men.
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