What does Matthew 22:41 mean?
The Pharisees are close to giving up on asking Jesus challenging questions. He defeated their attempts to make Him look bad or get Him arrested. Worse, at least one of their own has started to agree with Jesus (Matthew 22:35–40; Mark 12:32–34). Their mission to "entangle him in his words" (Matthew 22:15) is failing badly. They seem to be huddling together, once again (Matthew 22:34), devising their next move.Jesus, though, has one more question for these Pharisees gathered in the temple. In the following verses, He asks them a hard question that directly relates to His own identity. He will successfully stump them in the way they have attempted to stump Him. However, in this case, the actual answer to His question would tell them everything they really need to know about Jesus.