Passage · New Testament
Mark 2:10
Mark.2.10
Explore this passage in the graphBut I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man, Read this passage at the publisher: Read in NIV · Read in ESV
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Mark 2:10 echoes Daniel 7:13-14
Strong allusion or echoMedium confidenceJesus'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.
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.
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