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[[File:Herran El cofrade de San Miguel.jpg|thumb|'''El cofrade de San Miguel''' by [[Saturnino Herran]].]]

[[File:Herran El cofrade de San Miguel.jpg|thumb|'''El cofrade de San Miguel''' by [[Saturnino Herran]].]]

"'''Son of Man'''" is a common mistranslation that obscures Jesus's divinity.  [[Jesus]] used an artful phrase to describe his divinity without committing the capital offense of blasphemy, which would have terminated His ministry before it completed.   

"'''Son of Man'''" is the literal translation of the [[Greek]] phrase '''ὁ υἱὸς τοὺ ἀνθρώπου'''. According to [[Andrew Schlafly]], this is a mistranslation that obscures Jesus's divinity<ref>This insight is shared by any well-known scholar of the Greek language.</ref>.  [[Jesus]] used an artful phrase to describe his divinity without committing the capital offense of blasphemy, which would have terminated His ministry before it completed.   

Rather than the logically incoherent "Son of Man," a more precise translation of the meaning in English would be "The Son as Man."<ref>Other possible translations are "The Son, a human being," "The Son, a man," or "The Son became Man" (but the latter would commit blasphemy, however, which Jesus needed to avoid at the outset of his ministry).</ref>  In other words, '''''simply replace "of" with "as" and the proper implication of divinity is restored''''', without committing blasphemy under the strict rules of the time.

Rather than the logically incoherent "Son of Man," a more precise translation of the meaning in English would be "The Son as Man."<ref>Other possible translations are "The Son, a human being," "The Son, a man," or "The Son became Man" (but the latter would commit blasphemy, however, which Jesus needed to avoid at the outset of his ministry).</ref>  In other words, '''''simply replace "of" with "as" and the proper implication of divinity is restored''''', without committing blasphemy under the strict rules of the time.