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The Son of man with a sword among the seven lampstands, in John's vision. From the Bamberg Apocalypse, 11th century. Son of man is an expression in the sayings of Jesus in Christian writings, including the Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles and the Book of Revelation. The meaning of the expression is controversial.
Whether these messianic "Son of Man" references are genuinely Jewish or the result of Christian interpolation is disputed. [4] An example of a disputed section is that of The Similitudes (1 Enoch 37–71) which uses Daniel 7 to produce an unparalleled messianic Son of Man, pre-existent and hidden yet ultimately revealed, functioning as judge ...
"Son of man" appears 25 times in Luke, a copy c. 800 shown here. [83] The term son of man appears many times in all four gospel accounts, e.g. 30 times in Matthew. [83] However, unlike the title son of God, its proclamation has never been an article of faith in Christianity. [84]
The mysterious "Son of Man", he says, will dispatch angels to gather the faithful from all parts of the earth. [226] Jesus warns that these wonders will occur in the lifetimes of the hearers. [227] [153] In John, the Cleansing of the Temple occurs at the beginning of Jesus's ministry instead of at the end. [228] [85]
Son of man (Christianity), one of the names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament Son of man (Judaism) , denoting mankind generally in contrast to deity or godhead, with special reference to the human weakness and frailty
The Word became flesh to make us "partakers of the divine nature": "For this is why the Word became man, and the Son of God became the Son of man: so that man, by entering into communion with the Word and thus receiving divine sonship, might become a son of God." "For the Son of God became man so that we might become God." "The only-begotten ...
Christians generally believe that this narrative is historically true. While there has been theological debate over the nature of Jesus, Trinitarian Christians believe that Jesus is the Logos, God incarnate (God in human form), God the Son, and "true God and true man"—fully divine and fully human.
However, unlike Son of God, the proclamation of Jesus as the Son of man has never been an article of faith in Christianity. [26] The interpretation of the use of "the Son of man" and its relationship to Son of God has remained challenging and after 150 years of debate no consensus on the issue has emerged among scholars. [27] [28]