‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?’
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‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?’
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The Lorde sayde to my Lorde syt on my right honde: tyll I make thyne enemyes thy fote stole.
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The Lord sayd to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footestoole?
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Passages linked to Matthew 22:44 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 110:1 Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
- Hebrews 1:13 But which of the angels has he told at any time, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet?”
- Acts 2:34-35 For David didn’t ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit by my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” ’
- 1 Corinthians 15:25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
- Hebrews 1:3 His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,
- Hebrews 10:12-13 but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God, from that time waiting until his enemies are made the footstool of his feet.
- Hebrews 12:2 looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Genesis 3:15 I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”
- Revelation 19:19–20:3 I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse, and against his army. The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. The rest were killed with the sword of him who sat on the horse, the sword which came out of his mouth. All the birds were filled with their flesh. I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years, and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.
- Isaiah 63:1-6 Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? Who is this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.” Why is your clothing red, and your garments like him who treads in the wine vat? “I have trodden the wine press alone. Of the peoples, no one was with me. Yes, I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath. Their lifeblood is sprinkled on my garments, and I have stained all my clothing. For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed has come. I looked, and there was no one to help; and I wondered that there was no one to uphold. Therefore my own arm brought salvation to me. My own wrath upheld me. I trod down the peoples in my anger and made them drunk in my wrath. I poured their lifeblood out on the earth.”
- Revelation 20:11-15 I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them. I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works. Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
- Philippians 3:8 Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
- Psalms 21:9 You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. Yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them.
- Luke 19:27 But bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.’ ”
- John 20:28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
- 1 Corinthians 1:2 to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:
- Psalms 2:8-9 Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou…
44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
Ver. 44. The Lord said unto my Lord] God the Father to God the Son; these two differ no otherwise than that the one is the Father, and not the Son, the other is the Son, and not the Father.
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Sit thou on my right hand] As my fellow and co-equal, Zec 13:7; Php 2:6. And as Christ is at the right hand of his Father, so is the Church at the right hand of Christ, Psa 45:9, which is a place both of greatest dignity and safety.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The Lord said to my Lord - This his…
The Lord said to my Lord - This his dominion, to which David himself was subject, shows both the heavenly majesty of the king, and the nature of his kingdom. Sit thou on my right hand - That is, remain in the highest authority and power. Psalm cx, 1.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 44. The Lord (יהוה Yeve or Jehovah) said…
Verse 44. The Lord (יהוה Yeve or Jehovah) said unto my Lord, (אדניע Adni or Adonai, my prop, stay, master, support), Sit thou on my right hand] Take the place of the greatest eminence and authority. Till I make thine enemies thy footstool - till I subdue both Jews and Gentiles under thee, and cause them to acknowledge thee as their sovereign and Lord. This quotation is taken from Ps 110:1; and, from it, these two points are clear:
1. That David wrote it by the inspiration of God; and
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2. That it is a prophetic declaration of the Messiah.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 44. The Lord said unto my Lord — Our…
44. The Lord said unto my Lord — Our Lord quotes from Psalms 110. In this Psalm, (which has been applied by both the Jewish and Christian Church to the Messiah) David describes the Messiah as his own Lord sitting at the right hand of God, who subdues all his enemies beneath his feet. On my right hand — The place of honour. The heir or highest dignitary customarily sat at the royal right hand nearest the king, the next in dignity on the king’s left. Till — Sit until then; but the words do not imply that his royal state shall then cease. Thy footstool — An allusion to the mode of ancient conquerors, who put their foot upon the heads of subjugated foes in token of their own supremacy.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 41–46. The Son of David
41–46. The Son of David
Mar_12:35-37; Luk_20:41-44
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44. The Lord said unto my Lord] Psa_110:1. According to the Hebrew, “Jehovah said to Adoni,” i. e. to my sovereign Lord, the Messiah, the Son of David.
said] The Hebrew word translated “said” implies divine inspiration, hence “in spirit” (Mat_22:43). Canon Perowne translates, “the oracle of Jehovah unto my lord.”
Sit thou on my right hand] As My co-regent, having power equal to Mine. This verse is quoted in 1Co_15:25; Heb_1:13; Heb_10:12-13. (Cp. for the expression ch. Mat_20:21.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The Lord said unto my Lord. (Psa_110:1) The quotation…
The Lord said unto my Lord. (Psa_110:1) The quotation is from the Septuagint. But neither this nor our English Version is an adequate rendering of the original, where the word translated "Lord" is not the same in both parts of the clause, More accurately, the solemn beginning of the psalm is thus given: "Utterance or, "oracle of Jehovah to my Lord (Adonai)." The psalmist acknowledges the recipient of the utterance as his sovereign Lord; this could be no earthly potentate, for on earth he had no such superior; Jewish tradition always applied the term unto the Messiah, or the Word. The prediction repeats the promise made by Nathan to David, (2Sa_7:12) which had no fulfilment in his natural progeny, and could be regarded as looking forward only to the Messiah. Sit thou on my right hand. Thus Messiah is exalted to the highest dignity in heaven. Sitting at God"s right hand does not necessarily imply complete Divine majesty (as Hengstenberg remarks), for the sons of Zebedee had asked for such a position in Messiah"s earthly kingdom; (comp. Mat_20:21) but it denotes supreme honour, association in government, authority second only to that of Monarch. This is said of Christ in his human nature. He is "equal to the Father, as touching his Godhead; inferior to the Father, as touching his manhood." In his Divine nature he could receive nothing; in his human nature all "power was given unto him in heaven and earth". (Mat_28:18) Till I make (ewv an yw) thine enemies thy footstool; upopodion twn podwn sou . This is the Septuagint reading. Many manuscripts here give upokatw twn podwn sou Till I put thine enemies underneath thy feet. Some few have both upopodion and upokatw . Vulgate, Donec ponam inimicos tuos scabellum pedum tuorum. The complete subjection of all adversaries is denoted; (comp. 1Co_15:25-27 Heb_1:13) and they are subjected not merely for punishment and destruction, but, it may be, for salvation and glory. The relative particle "till" must not be pressed, as if Christ"s session was to cease when his victory was completed. We have before had occasion to observe that the phrase, ewv ou , or ewv an , asserts nothing of the future beyond the event specified. As St. Jerome says of such negative phrases, "Ita negant praeteritum ut non ponant futurum". (Mat_1:25 Mat_5:26 Mat_18:34) Of Christ"s kingdom there is no end.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 44. The Lord. Jehovah. Said to my Lord. The…
44. The Lord. Jehovah. Said to my Lord. The Christ. Found in Psalm 110:1. This psalm is quoted also in Acts 2:34, 35; 1 Cor. 15:25; Heb. 1:13; 5:6; 7:17, 21; 10:13.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 22:44 The quotation is from Ps 110:1, which is…
22:44 The quotation is from Ps 110:1, which is frequently cited by New Testament authors to describe Jesus (see Acts 2:34-35; 1 Cor 15:25; Heb 1:13; 2:8; 10:12-13; Rev 3:21).
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