What Do You Think?

Jesus asked the Pharisees a question that is raised today when men hear of Him:

Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David. (Matthew 22:42 KJV)

He was asking their opinion of the expected messiah – not whether the Pharisees thought of Jesus as being the Christ, but a generic question, “Who is the messiah’s father?”

By saying “David,” they were not expecting a new son from a dead king, but that the messiah would be a descendant of King David (which the genealogies in Matthew and Luke show for both parents.) However, that creates a small problem, which Jesus addressed:

He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? (Matthew 22:43-45 KJV)

Today, their answer remains:

And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions. (Matthew 22:46 KJV)

The answer lies in the gospels:

And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 16:16-17 KJV)

But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. (Mark 14:61-62 KJV)

Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe: And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go.
(Luke 22:67-68 KJV)

The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. (John 4:25-26 KJV)

We, as the Greeks who came to worship, still ask of our pastors, preachers and teachers:

Sir, we would see Jesus. (John 12:21b KJV)

Then, we must answer the question: … What think ye of Christ? (Matthew 22:42a KJV)