Luke 22:69-70

Luke 22:69-70

[69] Hereafter  the Son  of man  sit  on  the right hand  of the power  of God.  [70] Then  said  they all,  thou  then  the Son  of God?  And  he said  unto  them,  say  that  am. 

What does Luke 22:69-70 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Jesus did not claim to be the Messiah here, but He did claim to be the Son of Man. He referred to the discussion He had had with some of His accusers on Wednesday ( Luke 20:41-44). Then Jesus had questioned them about the identity of David"s Son in Psalm 110:1. He had showed that David"s Song of Solomon , the Messiah, was divine. Now Jesus referred to the same verse again and said that the Son of Man would sit at God"s right hand from then on. This was a claim of unique association with God that constituted blasphemy. [1] It also denoted that Messiah would not reign immediately. The title "Son of Man" connected the divine Messiah with a future coming to the earth to reign ( Daniel 7:13-14). Jesus was implying that Messiah would return to heaven and then return later to reign on the earth (cf. Acts 2:33; Acts 5:31). He seemed to the Sanhedrin to be claiming that He was the Son of God, and Jesus admitted that He was claiming that (cf. Luke 9:20-22).