before the ancrels of God^ (came eatini; and drinking) (hath not where to lay his head) (as Jonah was three days, etc. [Mt] ; as Jonah became a sign unto the Niiiev- ites, etc. [Lk]) (he that soweth the good seed \a
the Son of man) || (will send forth his angels, etc.)H (who do men say that the Son of man
is?) (must suffer many things, be killed,
and rise again) (of him shall the Son of man bo
ashamed, when he cometh in the
glory, etc. [Mk, Lk] ; for the Son of
man shall come in, etc. [Mt]) (shall not taste of death, till they see
the Son of man coming, etc.) (to tell the vision to no man till the
Son of man be risen from the dead) (to suffer like Elijah [John the Bap- tist]) (shall be delivered Into the hands of
men, etc., and [Mt, Slk] rise again) [18^*] (in the regeneration, when the Son of
man shall sit on the throne, etc.) (to be delivered to the chief priests,
etc., and rise again) (to give his life a ransom for many) (when ye shall desire to see one of the
days of the Son of man) (as the lightning . . . so shall be the
coming of the Son of man) [2127"] (then shall appear the sign of the Son
of man) (shall see the Son of man coming in
(on) the clouds of heaven) (watch . . . that ye may be able . . .
to stand before the Son of man) (as were the days of Noah, so shall be
the coming of the Son of man) p,727*J ([as they were in those days . . .,] so
shall be the coming, etc.) ([as the days of Lot . . .,] so shall
it be in the day tliat the Son of man
is revealed) (when the Son of man cometh, shall
he find faitli on the earth Y) (came to sock and to save that wtiicb
was lost) (in an hour that ye think not, etc.) (when the Son of man shall come in his
glory) (after two days the passover cometh,
and the Son of man is delivered, etc.) 2222f* (goeth even as it is written of him) [22^1*1] (woe unto that man through whom
the Son of man is betrayed) (is betrayed into the hands of sinners) (betrayeat thou the Son of man with a
kiss Y) (from now ye shall see the Son of man
sitting at the right hand of power) (saying that the Son of man must be
delivered, etc, and rise again)
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• Cf. the words spoken by James, the brother of the Lord, lust before hiu martyrdom, u reported by iiegesippUB, ap. nueb. 11. 23 (see vol il. p. 642^).
Mt 18" (I Lk 1610, though In a very different connexion). In Mt 2fjl3 the words * in which the Son of man cometh,' and in Lk 9^ the clause ' For the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives but to save them,' are not in the best MSS ; cf. liVm on Mt lti>l, LkOW.
The occurrences In the Fourth Gospel are Jn 1^ S'Si* 62MAea 828 9» (kBD: cf. RVm), 1233.34 (gee 8»* 8»), v.m 1331 (11 [or 12] times). None of these occurrences are parallel to any of those In the Synoptists. See, further, { 23.
4. If tlie occnrrences in the Synoptic Gospels are analyzed, it will be seen that tlie expression is attriuuted to Christ upon (probably) 40 distinct
• The corresponding clause, or verse, entirely omitted (in Mk 828 either omitted or modified ; see p. 688).
t 'Son of man' represented by a pron., or(&fk 01, Lk flST) by a paraphrase (' the kingdom of Cod ').
J In instnictions to the disciples, attached to 10l*-'**-l*-Mk 07-ii = LkO»-0-
j Observe that Lk ll»i>-both Mt 16* and Mt 12:», and thai Lkliai.8a=Mt 12*2-«i.
S In the explanation of the parable of the Tares (no | lo Ilk, Lk^
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SON OF MAN
SON or MAN
occasions,* of wliicli 8 are reported bj- the three Gospels, 13 by two, and 19 by one. No instance is, however, reported in Mark which is not in one (or both) of the otlier two Gospels. The occasions fall naturally into two great gronps : (1) those in which the reference is to some aspect or other of the carthUj work of Christ, in the time of His humility (including, in particular, His sufferings and death) ; (2) those in which the reference is to His future co.nmrj in (jlory. It is important to bear in mind the ifact of tliese two applications of the expression ; for it has some bearing upon recent discussions of the subject. On the crucial passage, Mt 1613, see § 19.
5. Before, however, we can proceed to examine the meaning of the title, a prior question must be con- sidered, which has assumed, within recent years, great prominence. Jesus, it is not doubted, spoke, at least as a rule, not Greek hat A ramaic ; a proper method, therefore, it is urged, requires that we should begin by inquiring how the title Avould be expressed in Aramaic, and what meaning it would there possess. And when we proceed to trans- late back 6 ui6s tov dvOpwirov into Aramaic an unex-