Matthew 22:42
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.”
περί
properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)
Χριστός
Christ?
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Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
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υἱός
son
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υἱός
Son, descendant, one sharing the nature of. Huios. You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Sonship through faith is the highest status available to a human being.
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λέγω
They say
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λέγω
To say, to speak with authority. Jesus said and it was so. When Jesus speaks everything listens. His words carry the weight of creation behind them.
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δοκέω
think
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δοκέω
compare the base of G1166 (δεικνύω)) of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem (truthfully or uncertainly)
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τίς
Of whom
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τίς
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
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Δαβίδ
Of David.
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Δαβίδ
Dabid (i.e. David), the Israelite king
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εἰμί
is He?
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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