What Does Matthew 22:42 Mean?
Saying, What do you think of the Anointed One? Whose son is he? They said to him, The son of David.
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Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.THE KEY
The answer joins two identities: Christ means “the Anointed One,” and David’s name carries “beloved,” placing anointing inside a beloved lineage.
THE MEANING
You encounter “Christ” here as a title with a lineage: the Anointed One is named as David’s son. David’s name carries the sense of “beloved,” so the verse holds anointing and belovedness together in one identity.
THE ROOT
Χριστός
Christos
GROWS FROM
χρίω
chriō
To anoint, to apply oil.
Christ means “the Anointed One,” carrying the act of anointing inside the title. The question names this identity, then locates it in David’s line.
ALSO GROWS
chriō: To anoint.
χρίω
The verb behind the title makes anointing an action, not merely a label.
chrisma: Anointing.
χρῖσμα
This related noun shows the same root naming both the act and what is given through it.
דָּוִד
Dāwīd
GROWS FROM
דוד
d-w-d
Beloved; the related noun דוד (dōd) can mean beloved or beloved one.
The answer names a lineage, and David’s name carries the meaning “beloved.” The genealogy remains concrete while the name also gives the line a relational quality.
ALSO GROWS
dōd: Beloved, beloved one; also a kinsman or uncle.
דּוֹד
This related noun makes the beloved sense within David’s name audible.
dōdîm: Loves or endearments.
דּוֹדִים
This plural form carries the same root into language of affection, deepening the name’s relational shade.
THE PATTERN
The promised ruler is recognized through the Davidic line.
And when your days are filled, and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your seed after you, which shall come out of your own inner parts, and I will set firm his kingdom.And a shoot will come out of the stump of Jesse, and a sprout from his roots will bear fruit.Concerning his Son, Jesus, the anointed one, our Lord, who came from the seed of David according to the flesh.THE THREAD
I have found David my servant; with my set-apart oil I have anointed him.Christ means “the Anointed One,” and this verse shows David himself receiving anointing from the LORD. “The Son of David” therefore names a lineage whose king already carries the pattern of anointing.
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