While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he asked, why do the teachers of the law say that the Messiah is the son of David? — the initiative shifts to Jesus: he poses the question rather than answering one. The question about the Messiah's relationship to David is the theological question that the previous answers have been building toward. The teachers of the law correctly identify the Messiah as the son of David (2 Samuel 7:12–16, Psalm 89, Isaiah 11:1); the question is whether son of David is the complete description.

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