Friday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time - Understanding “with Delight”

About this episode

The episode discusses Jesus' teaching in the temple about the nature of the Messiah and the misunderstanding of the scribes regarding His identity.

Read Online As Jesus was teaching in the temple area he said, “How do the scribes claim that the Christ is the son of David? David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, said: The Lord said to my lord, ‘Sit at my right hand until I place your enemies under your feet. ’ David himself calls him ‘lord’; so how is he his son?” The great crowd heard this with delight. Mark 12:35–37 Today’s Gospel presents us with one of Jesus’ many teachings in the Temple area just days before His Passion. Just prior to this Gospel, Jesus praised one of the scribes for his understanding of Scripture, saying to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God” (Mark 12:34). He then turned His attention to a large crowd and revealed the limited understanding that many of the scribes and teachers of the Law had about the Messiah. Though the scribes rightly understood from Scripture that the Messiah would be born of King David’s lineage, their understanding of the Messiah was incomplete. Many believed that, as David’s descendant, the Messiah would be a great king who would lead the Jewish nation militarily and free them from Roman oppression. What they failed to understand was that the Messiah was not only a…

Topics covered

• Jesus' teachings
• Messiah
• Scripture interpretation
• Davidic lineage
• Understanding of the Law
• Divinity of Christ

Keywords

• Jesus
• Messiah
• David
• Holy Spirit
• Scripture
• teaching
• Gospel
• understanding

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Holy Spirit

Books & works: Psalm 110:1, Mark 12:35–37, Mark 12:34

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