Matthew 22:43 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) He said to them, “How is it [then] that David, by [inspiration of] the Holy Spirit, calls Him Lord? saying, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said to them, How is it then that David, under the influence of the [Holy] Spirit, calls Him Lord, saying, American Standard Version (1901) He saith unto them, How then doth David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying, Common English Bible He said, “Then how is it that David, inspired by the Holy Spirit, called him Lord when he said, Catholic Public Domain Version He said to them: "Then how can David, in the Spirit, call him Lord, saying: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He saith to them: How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying: |
[It was] David himself [who] said by [inspiration of] the Holy Spirit [Psa. 110:1], ‘The Lord [i.e., God] said to my [i.e., David’s] Lord [i.e., Jesus], sit at my right side until I make your enemies the footrest [i.e., in subjection] under your feet.’
[He said], “Brothers, it was necessary that the Scriptures be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke through King David about Judas, who guided the soldiers who came to arrest Jesus.
Therefore, I am telling you that no one who speaks under the influence of the Holy Spirit of God says, “Jesus is cursed!” And no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except under the influence of the Holy Spirit.
So, even as the Holy Spirit said [Psa. 95:7-11], “Today, if you hear His [i.e., God’s] voice,
For prophecy was never produced by the will of man, but people spoke from God, as they were carried along [i.e., inspired] by the Holy Spirit.
I was in [i.e., under the influence of] the Holy Spirit on the Lord’s day [i.e., Sunday], when I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet,
Immediately, I was in [i.e., under the influence of] the Holy Spirit [See 1:10], and there before me was situated a throne in heaven, with Someone sitting on it [Note: From the following description, this appears to have been God; see verse 4].