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One like a son of man
Daniel saw one like a son of man come to the Ancient of Days and receive an everlasting kingdom. Jesus chose Son of Man as His own name for Himself.
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13“In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. 14He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed. Read the later witness
But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man, Why FaithGraph draws this line
Mark 2:10 echoes Daniel 7:13-14.
Jesus's use of Son of Man as a title of authority, on earth to forgive sins and destined to suffer and rise, is most often traced to Daniel's vision of one like a son of man who receives dominion.
Evidence
At His trial Jesus joins the title to Daniel's clouds of heaven explicitly; that passage belongs to the Passion chapter.
Other responsible views
- An idiom for a human being. Some hold that in many sayings Son of Man is simply an Aramaic way of saying a man or this man, and that the link to Daniel is clear only in the sayings about coming with the clouds.
The explanation above is FaithGraph editorial content, not Scripture.
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