Son of Man in New Testament
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- Created on: 23-10-22 16:13
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- New Testament
- Gospels and Son of Man
- Vermes believes that it is a paradoxical title in that it is frequent in the Synoptic Gospels
- Title never used by others but used by Jesus to speak of himself
- Reactions of the Title
- not controversial or dangerous
- hides messianic secret
- 'Messiah' would have brought unwanted attention from the Romans and Jewish leaders.
- hides messianic secret
- not controversial or dangerous
- Overview
- When Jesus used the title, he was assigning the Daniel prohecy to himself.
- Drane points out that not all Jews would have understood the deeper meaning
- did not connect title to eschatological figure of God.
- Drane points out that not all Jews would have understood the deeper meaning
- When Jesus used the title, he was assigning the Daniel prohecy to himself.
- Jesus' Usage
- substitute for pronoun 'I'
- first existed in oral traditional and portrays the phrase 'Son of Man' as a general reference to mankind
- speaking of his future suffering and death
- Speaking of his authority on earth
- Speaking of his future glory and role in divine judgement.
- Daniel's prophecy
- substitute for pronoun 'I'
- Gospels and Son of Man
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