Matthew 22:44 (DBY)

Passage

The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand until I put thine enemies under thy feet?

Nearby Context

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,

Matthew 22:44 The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand until I put thine enemies under thy feet?

Matthew 22:45 If therefore David call him Lord, how is he his son?

Matthew 22:46 And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did any one dare from that day to question him any more.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "said", "right", "hand", "until", "thine", and "enemies". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 43's "He says to them How then does..." into verse 45's "If therefore David call him Lord how...", so "lord" and "said" 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 "lord" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.