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? David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, declared:
“‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.”’[Psalm 110:1]
David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”
The large crowd listened to him with delight.
In these verses in Mark, Jesus points out that the Messiah is considered the son of David (i.e. a descendant of King David), while also noting that David himself calls the Messiah "Lord" in Psalm 110:1.
Jesus is both fully human: Jewish tradition expected the Messiah to be an earthly descendant ("son") of King David.
Jesus is also fully divine: Jesus reminds those who are gathered in the temple courts that David calls the Messiah "Lord" (he quotes from Psalm 110:1.
Jesus is both a human descendant of David, and also divine and superior to David. The author of Hebrews will expand on this considerably.
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