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Did Jesus believe himself to be descended from David?
Synoptics: He did not ([Matt. xxii, 41–46]; [Mark xii, 35–37]; [Luke xx, 41–44]).
A principal objection to accepting Jesus as the Messiah by the Jews was the fact that he was not descended from David. He tacitly admitted that he was not, and the whole burden of his argument was to convince them that it was not necessary that he should be.