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"David therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?"
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The Divine and Human Messiah
Commentators unanimously explain that Jesus' question highlights the dual nature of the Messiah. The paradox of how the Messiah could be both David's descendant ('son') and his superior ('Lord') is resolved in the person of Jesus Christ. As Matthew Henry states, 'Christ, as God, was David's Lord; but Christ, as man, was David's son.'
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