From Exegetical Commentary on Matthew, 2006, AMG Publishers The Pharisees had had their [41, 42] day in court trying to entrap Jesus by His own words. It was now to try Jesus’ turn them with a question of His own: “‘What think ye (from [1380], to suppose) of dokéō (perí [4012], about, concerning, regarding) (from [5547] from Christ Christós chríō [5548], to anoint)? Whose son is They he?’ say son of David.’” unto him, ‘The is preceded by a definite “Christ” article, meaning the anointed “the Messiah,” One of God anticipated in Old Testament prophecy. By asking the question in the third person, Jesus directed attention away from Himself, perhaps to mitigate the effects of the ever-present, intimidating accolade, of David,” which throngs of people “Son shouted out regularly. The definite article
From Exegetical Commentary on Matthew, 2006, AMG Publishers [41, 42] The Pharisees had had their day in court trying to entrap Jesus by His own words. It was now Jesus’ turn to try them with a question of His own: “‘What think ye (from dokéō [1380], to suppose) of (perí [4012], about, concerning, regarding) Christ (from Christós [5547] from chríō [5548], to anoint)? Whose son is he?’ They say unto him, ‘The son of David.’” “Christ” is preceded by a definite article, meaning “the Messiah,” the anointed One of God anticipated in Old Testament prophecy. By asking the question in the third person, Jesus directed attention away from Himself, perhaps to mitigate the effects of the ever-present, intimidating accolade, “Son of David,” which throngs of people shouted out regularly. The definite article