MARK 12:35 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?”
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.
Church Fathers on Mark 12:35
Because Christ was coming to His Passion, He corrects a false opinion of the Jews, who said that Christ was the Son of David, not his Lord.
That is, He openly speaks to them of Himself, that they may be inexcusable.
But the putting down of His enemies by the Father, does not shew the weakness of the Son, but the unity of nature, by which One works in the Other; for the Son also subjects the Father’s enemies, because He glorifies His Father upon earth.
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