‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’
Parallel translations
- WEB ‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?’
- KJV The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
- NKJV ‘TheLord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool” ’ ?
- NASB ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Until I put Your enemies under Your feet” ’?
- NLT ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies beneath your feet.’
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Quick answer
Jesus quotes Psalm 110:1, where the LORD addresses David's 'Lord,' to show that the Messiah is greater than David. It matters because it points to Christ's divine identity and exalted reign.
Overview
Citing David's own words, Jesus confronts the Pharisees with a psalm in which David calls the Messiah 'my Lord.' Psalm 110 was widely recognized as messianic, and its language of the Messiah seated at God's right hand affirms a status higher than any mere human descendant of David. The New Testament repeatedly applies this verse to the risen and ascended Christ, who now reigns until all enemies are subdued under His feet.
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Quotation
- Ps 110:1A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
Cross-references · 17
- Ps 110:1A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
- Heb 1:13Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?
- Acts 2:34–35For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
- 1 Cor 15:25For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
- Heb 10:12–13But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
- Heb 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
- Heb 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Gen 3:15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
- Rev 19:19Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies assembled to wage war against the One seated on the horse, and against His army.
- Isa 63:1–6Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
- Rev 20:11–15Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
- Phil 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
- Luke 19:27And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
- John 20:28Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!”
- Ps 21:9You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
- 1 Cor 1:2To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
- Ps 2:8–9Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
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