Christ? Whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David. He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?"
This was the insistence upon the fact that his soul was from the Divine Father, and not from any human father. He admitted only the modifying influence of his mother as an external thing, for he always repudiated the claims of Mary when she attempted to press or emphasize an enduring relationship.
The announcement of the angel Gabriel to Mary is a proof of his conception in a wholly different way from other men, in order to become a being, while resembling as to his external life other men, yet distinctly different. "Behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest, and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David." He was David's son only in the matter of his material form from Mary, not as to his soul, for he is dis-
