Son of David (Matthew 20::30-34; 1:1; 9:27; 12:23; 15:22; 21:9,15; 22:42)

At the end of the section dealing with sacrificial, servant leadership, we get another story of Jesus serving the lowest-of-the-low, two blind beggars on the roadside. This story closely parallels one we have already seen in Matthew’s account, the healing of two blind men in chapter 9. In fact, the stories are almost identical except for that, in the earlier event, Jesus tried to get the beggars not to talk about it. Here he gives no such prohibition. This time them men follow Him.

Matthew started the entire Gospel out declaring that Jesus is the Son of David. This is more than just a genealogical detail of the life of Jesus. It is a significant, prophetic title in Scripture for the Messiah. So when Matthew calls Jesus the Son of David, and when others in this Gospel account do so, they mean “the Christ” or “the Messiah.”

The two blind men in Matthew 9 called Jesus “Son of David,” but at that point in His ministry, Jesus told them not to spread that fact around. Later, in chapter 12, the whole crowd begins to ask whether or not Jesus is the “Son of David” but the religious leaqders, threatened, accuse Him of being demonic. And, in chapter 15, a gentile woman calls Jesus “Son of David,” but Jesus seems to ignore her until she stops saying that.

Here, Jesus is on His way up to Jerusalem. He is on His way to the cross, and the pinnacle of His mission. It is time to embrace the public announcement of His person. He is the “Son of David,” the Messiah. He is the King.