Mark 12:36
in Mark 12Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet.
KJV
For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
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This verse in Mark 12
Commentary
9 notes on this verseBecause Christ was coming to His Passion, He corrects a false opinion of the Jews, who said that Christ was the Son of David, not his Lord; wherefore it is said, And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple. But Christ shows Himself to be the Lord, by the words of David.
This site's exposition
How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David
on Mark 12:35-37
Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared in Psalm 110:1, The Lord said to my Lord, and so gave his descendant the title Lord. The riddle resolves only in a Messiah who is both David's son and David's Lord.
This site's exposition
Sit at My right hand
Jesus quotes Psalm 110:1 and stresses that David spoke by the Holy Spirit, which Gill reads as David writing under inspiration. Bede adds that the Father's subduing of the Son's enemies shows one nature working in both. The Son likewise subdues the Father's enemies.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
The Scribe is not far from the Kingdom of God when he confesses one God, Who is to be loved above all things. But his own statement of the law is a reproach to him that the mystery of the law has escaped him, that he does not know Christ the Lord, the Son of God, by the nature of His birth to be included in the confession of the one God.
The Medieval Church2 voices
Since the Lord was about to go to His passion, He corrects the false opinion of the scribes, who thought that Christ is only the Son of David and not the Son of God. Therefore, from the very words of David, He shows that He …
(ubi sup.) But the putting own of His enemies by the Father, does not show the weakness of the Son, but the unity of nature, by which One works in the Other; for the Son also subjects the Father's enemies, because He glorifies His Father upon earth.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
For David himself said by the Holy Ghost,.... In Psa 110:1, being inspired by the Spirit of God: the Lord said to my Lord, sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)
We have seen in the former part of this chapter, how the enemies of our Lord endeavored to "catch Him in His words." We have seen how the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the Scribes successively propounded to Him hard questions — questions we can hardly fail to observe more likely to minister strife than edification. The passage before us begins with a question of a very different character. Our Lord Himself propounds it. He asks His enemies about Christ and the meaning of Holy Scripture. Such questions are always truly profitable.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)
proposed
We have seen in the former part of this chapter, how the enemies of our Lord endeavored to "catch Him in His words." We have seen how the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the Scribes successively propounded to Him hard questions — questions we can hardly fail to observe more likely to minister strife than edification. The passage before us begins with a question of a very different character. Our Lord Himself propounds it. He asks His enemies about Christ and the meaning of Holy Scripture. Such questions are always truly profitable. Well would it be for the church if theological discussions were less about trifles, and more about weighty matters , and things necessary to salvation. Let us learn, in the first place, from these verses, how much there is about Christ in the Old Testament Scriptures . Our Lord desires to expose the ignorance of the Jewish teachers about the true nature of the Messiah. He does it by referring to a passage in the book of Psalms, and showing that the Scribes did not rightly understand it. And in so doing He shows us that one subject, about which David was inspired by the Holy Spirit to write, was Christ. We know, from our Lord's own words in another place, that the Old Testament Scriptures "testify of Christ." (John 5:39.) They were intended to teach men about Christ, by types, and figures, and prophecy, until He Himself should appear on earth. We should always keep this in mind, in reading the Old Testament, but never so much as in reading the Psalms. Christ is undoubtedly to be found in every part of the Law and the Prophets, but nowhere is He so much to be found, as in the book of Psalms. His experience and sufferings at His first coming into the world — His future glory, and His final triumph at His second coming — are the chief subjects of many a passage in that wonderful part of God's word.
The words behind it
27 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| αὐτὸς | autos | Himself | G846 → | 5565 times |
| Δαυὶδ | dauid | David | G1138 → | 59 times |
| εἶπεν | eipen | said | G2036 → | 925 times |
| ἐν | en | by | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| τῷ | to | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| πνεύματι | pneumati | Spirit | G4151 → | 378 times |
| τῷ | to | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἁγίῳ· | hagio | Holy: | G40 → | 220 times |
| εἶπεν | eipen | Said | G2036 → | 925 times |
| κύριος | kurios | Lord | G2962 → | 711 times |
| τῷ | to | to the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| κυρίῳ | kurio | Lord | G2962 → | 711 times |
| μου· | mou | of me; | G3165 → | 1936 times |
| κάθου | kathou | do sit | G2521 → | 91 times |
| ἐκ | ek | at | G1537 → | 911 times |
| δεξιῶν | dexion | [the] right hand | G1188 → | 53 times |
| μου | mou | of Me | G3165 → | 1936 times |
| ἕως | he'os | until | G2193 → | 146 times |
| ἂν | an | when | G302 → | 165 times |
| θῶ | tho | I may place | G5087 → | 100 times |
| τοὺς | tous | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἐχθρούς | echthrous | enemies | G2190 → | |
| σου | sou | of You | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| ὑποκάτω | hupokato | under | G5270 → | 11 times |
| τῶν | ton | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ποδῶν | podon | feet | G4228 → | 93 times |
| σου. | sou | of You.’ | G4771 → | 2973 times |
αὐτὸςHimself
autosG846 →5565 times
ΔαυὶδDavid
dauidG1138 →59 times
εἶπενsaid
eipenG2036 →925 times
ἐνby
enG1722 →2738 times
τῷthe
toG3588 →19766 times
πνεύματιSpirit
pneumatiG4151 →378 times
τῷ<the>
toG3588 →19766 times
ἁγίῳ·Holy:
hagioG40 →220 times
εἶπενSaid
eipenG2036 →925 times
κύριοςLord
kuriosG2962 →711 times
τῷto the
toG3588 →19766 times
κυρίῳLord
kurioG2962 →711 times
μου·of me;
mouG3165 →1936 times
κάθουdo sit
kathouG2521 →91 times
ἐκat
ekG1537 →911 times
δεξιῶν[the] right hand
dexionG1188 →53 times
μουof Me
mouG3165 →1936 times
ἕωςuntil
he'osG2193 →146 times
ἂνwhen
anG302 →165 times
θῶI may place
thoG5087 →100 times
τοὺςof the
tousG3588 →19766 times
ἐχθρούςenemies
echthrousG2190 →
σουof You
souG4771 →2973 times
ὑποκάτωunder
hupokatoG5270 →11 times
τῶνof the
tonG3588 →19766 times
ποδῶνfeet
podonG4228 →93 times
σου.of You.’
souG4771 →2973 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 110:1The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
it leads to
- Hebrews 10:12–13
But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Hebrews 1:13
Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 15:25
For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
- Luke 20:42–43
For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
- Mark 12:35–37
While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?
- Hebrews 10:12–13
Through
Hebrews 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”?
it leads to
- Psalms 110:1
The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 22:44
‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 15:25–26
For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
- Psalms 110:1
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Gospels; Bede, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; Hilary of Poitiers, ON THE TRINITY 9.26; J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition); John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Theophylact of Ohrid, Catena Aurea by Aquinas and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Mark.