Matthew 22:41 (DBY)

Passage

And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus demanded of them,

Nearby Context

Matthew 22:39 And [the] second is like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Matthew 22:40 On these two commandments the whole law and the prophets hang.

Matthew 22:41 And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus demanded of them,

Matthew 22:42 saying, What think ye concerning the Christ? whose son is he? They say to him, David's.

Matthew 22:43 He says to them, How then does David in Spirit call him Lord, saying,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "pharisees", "gathered", "together", "jesus", and "demanded". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "pharisees" and "gathered", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 40's "On these two commandments the whole law..." into verse 42's "saying What think ye concerning the Christ...", so "pharisees" and "gathered" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "pharisees" and "gathered" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.