“He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:”
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David — great echoes John's greatness (verse 15) but without the limiting qualification in the sight of the Lord — Jesus' greatness is absolute. Called the Son of the Most High is the title applied to John's son-of-God status but with different content: this is the divine sonship of Psalm 2:7. The throne of his father David is the Davidic covenant promise of 2 Samuel 7:12–16 — the eternal kingdom of the Davidic heir.
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