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Mark 12:37

David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.

KJV

αὐτὸς Δαυεὶδ λέγει αὐτὸν κύριον, καὶ πόθεν αὐτοῦ ἐστιν υἱός; καὶ ὁ πολὺς ὄχλος ἤκουεν αὐτοῦ ἡδέως.

Greek NT

Ipse ergo David dicit eum Dominum, et unde est filius ejus ? Et multa turba eum libenter audivit.

Vulgate

David himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he his son? And the common people heard him gladly.

ASV

David therefore himself calleth him Lord. And whence is he then his son? And a great multitude heard him gladly.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Δαβίδ
dabid
noun · 59×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
πόθεν
pothen
adverb · 29×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἡδέως
edeos
adverb · 3×
o
article · 19778×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: αὐτὸς | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτὸς | RP: + οὖν
  • αὐτὸςSBLGNT
  • αὐτὸςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + οὖνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: αὐτοῦ ἐστιν υἱός | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτοῦ ἐστιν υἱός | RP: υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἐστιν
  • αὐτοῦ ἐστιν υἱόςSBLGNT
  • αὐτοῦ ἐστιν υἱόςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἐστινRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 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

  • 1Kgs 22:28 — And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
  • Rom 1:3 — Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;