Matthew 22:44 (LSB)

Passage

‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Until I put Your enemies beneath Your feet”’?

Nearby Context

Matthew 22:42 saying, “What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?” They said to Him, “The son of David.”

Matthew 22:43 He said to them, “Then how does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying,

Matthew 22:44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Until I put Your enemies beneath Your feet”’?

Matthew 22:45 Therefore, if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his son?”

Matthew 22:46 And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "said", "right", "hand", "until", "enemies", and "beneath". 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 said to them Then how does..." into verse 45's "Therefore if David calls 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.