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103that he would call “his Lord” any dead prophet or saint, such as Abraham or Jacob, for whom the usual and reasonable term was “Father.” It is equally conceivable that David (pbtuhem) would not use the appellation “my Lord” for any of his own descendants, for whom, too, the usual term would be “son.” There remains, besides God, no other conceivable being who could be David’s Lord, except the noblest and the highest man of the race of mankind. It is quite intelligible to think that in the sight and choice of God there must be a man who is the noblest, the most praised, and the most coveted of all men. Surely the Seers and the Prophets of old knew this holy personage and, like David (pbuh) , called him “my Lord.”Of course, the Jewish Rabbi’s and commentators of the Old Testament understood by this expression the Messiah, who would descend from David (pbuh) himself, and so replied they to the question put to them by Jesus (pbuh) Christ as quoted above from Matthew (xxii.), and the other Synoptic. Jesus (pbuh) flatly repudiated the Jews when he asked them a second question: “How could David (pbuh) call him ‘my Lord’ if he were his son?” This question of the Master put the audience to silence, for they could find no answer to it. The Evangelists abruptly cut short this important subject of discussion. To stop there without a further explanation was not worthy either of the Master or of his reporters. For, leaving the question of his god-head, and even of his prophetical character, aside, Jesus (pbuh) as a teacher was obliged to solve the problem raised by himself when he saw that the disciples and the hearers were unable to know who then that “Lord,” could be!Byhis expressionthatthe “Lord,”orthe “Adon,” could not be a son of David,Jesus(pbtuhem) excludes himself from