| − | He responded, "Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?" Jesus replied, "You have seen him, the one speaking with you is he." He formerly blind man responded, "I do believe, Lord," and he worshiped him.<ref>[http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/032617.cfm]</ref> The "Son of Man" in that passage fails to capture the implication of "Son of God," which was obviously meant. | + | He responded, "Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?" Jesus replied, "You have seen him, the one speaking with you is he." He formerly blind man responded, "I do believe, Lord," and he worshiped Him.<ref>[http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/032617.cfm]</ref> The "Son of Man" in that passage fails to capture the implication of "Son of God," which was obviously meant. |
| | The Greek version of how Jesus described himself is "'''ὁ υἱὸς τοὺ ἀνθρώπου'''," which is best translated as "'''the Son, a human being''' or, more simply, "'''the Son, a man'''." A full, wordy translation of the Greek would be "The Son, with the character of man." The Greek is likely a translation of an Aramaic phrase "bar enosha," which has the connotation of "a human."<ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/blog/2011/08/son-of-man-or-human-one-tough-translation-questions-raised-by-the-common-english-bible/</ref> The Greek wording implies the divinity of Jesus in a non-blasphemous manner, without Jesus expressly claiming to be God. [[Faith]] is then required to accept the obvious implication that Jesus was divine, and his opponents thereby had a difficult time catching him in the crime of blasphemy during his ministry.<ref>Other possible translations are less consistent with the Greek, and would have constituted the crime of blasphemy: "God as a man," "Son of Man from God," "God became man," "God descended as man," or "Christ, Son of [[God]]."</ref> | | The Greek version of how Jesus described himself is "'''ὁ υἱὸς τοὺ ἀνθρώπου'''," which is best translated as "'''the Son, a human being''' or, more simply, "'''the Son, a man'''." A full, wordy translation of the Greek would be "The Son, with the character of man." The Greek is likely a translation of an Aramaic phrase "bar enosha," which has the connotation of "a human."<ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/blog/2011/08/son-of-man-or-human-one-tough-translation-questions-raised-by-the-common-english-bible/</ref> The Greek wording implies the divinity of Jesus in a non-blasphemous manner, without Jesus expressly claiming to be God. [[Faith]] is then required to accept the obvious implication that Jesus was divine, and his opponents thereby had a difficult time catching him in the crime of blasphemy during his ministry.<ref>Other possible translations are less consistent with the Greek, and would have constituted the crime of blasphemy: "God as a man," "Son of Man from God," "God became man," "God descended as man," or "Christ, Son of [[God]]."</ref> |