Jesus Christ, Son of David

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A Messianic title. Jesus Christ comes as a descendant of David to fulfil God’s promises in the OT of a future king who would establish the kingdom of God on earth.

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OT promises of a future king from David’s line

2 Sa 7:12–14 These promises are known as “the Davidic covenant”; Is 16:5
See also Ps 132:11–12; Ps 132:17; Is 9:7; Is 11:1; Je 23:5; Je 33:15; Eze 34:23–24; Eze 37:24–25; Jn 7:42

NT statements verifying that Jesus Christ is descended from David

Matthew 1:1 NIV
1 This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham:
See also Lk 3:23; Lk 3:31; Ro 1:3; 2 Ti 2:8; Re 22:16

Jesus Christ inherits the throne of David

Luke 1:32–33 NIV
32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”
See also Lk 1:69; Jn 1:49; Jn 18:37; Mt 27:37

Jesus Christ is called “Son of David”

By those seeking healing

Matthew 20:30–31 NIV
30 Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” 31 The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
See also Mt 9:27; Mt 15:22

At his triumphal entry into Jerusalem

Matthew 21:9 NIV
9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
See also Mt 21:15

Grounds for identifying Jesus Christ as the Son of David

His human descent

Romans 1:3 NIV
3 regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life was a descendant of David,
See also Mt 1:1

His birth in Bethlehem

Mic 5:2; Jn 7:42

His healing ministry

Mt 12:22–23 One of the signs of the Messianic age was the healing of the sick (see Isa 35:5-6; 42:7).
See also Jn 7:31

His ultimate victory

Revelation 5:5 NIV
5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

Jesus Christ is more than a merely human king descended from David

Mk 12:35–37 Jesus Christ claim is that he is not simply a human or political king, he is the Lord, the Son of God.
See also Ps 110:1; Jn 18:36
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