Whose Son Is the Messiah?

41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 saying, "What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?"
They said to Him, "The Son of David."
43 He said to them, "How then does David in the Spirit call Him 'Lord,' saying:


44 'The Lord said to my Lord,
"Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool"'?*


45 If David then calls Him 'Lord,' how is He his Son?" 46 And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.



Jesus existed from the beginning (John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God, and the Word was God), so this is how David could call Him Lord, even though, on human terms, Jesus was a descendant of David.