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Mark 12:35

And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David?

KJV

Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἔλεγεν διδάσκων ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ· πῶς λέγουσιν οἱ γραμματεῖς ὅτι ὁ Χριστὸς υἱὸς Δαυείδ ἐστιν;

Greek NT

Et respondens Jesus dicebat, docens in templo : Quomodo dicunt scribæ Christum filium esse David ?

Vulgate

And Jesus answered and said, as he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that the Christ is the son of David?

ASV

And Jesus answering, said, teaching in the temple: How do the scribes say that Christ is the son of David?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Δαβίδ
dabid
noun · 59×
Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
γραμματεύς
grammateus
noun · 64×
διδάσκω
didasko
verb · 97×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πῶς
pos
adverb · 104×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἱερόν
ieron
noun · 72×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: Δαυίδ ἐστιν | WH/Treg/NIV: Δαυίδ ἐστιν | RP: ἐστιν Δαυίδ
  • Δαυίδ ἐστινSBLGNT
  • Δαυίδ ἐστινWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐστιν ΔαυίδRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§202Jesus himself affirms that God is "the one Lord" whom you must love "with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength".6 At the same time Jesus gives us to understand that he himself is "the Lord".7 To confess that Jesus is Lord is distinctive of Christian faith. This is not contrary to belief in the One God. Nor does believing in …

Cross-references

  • Luke 20:41 — And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David’s son?
  • Luke 20:41 — And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David’s son?
  • Mark 14:49 — I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.
  • Matt 9:27 — And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.
  • Matt 22:41 — While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
  • Matt 22:41 — While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
  • Matt 26:55 — In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
  • Ps 110:1 — The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.