| | "'''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 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. |
| − | 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.
| + | A better translation that includes the divinity 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. |
| | The use of the phrase in Mark 10:45 illustrates the flaws in the "Son of Man" and the superiority of the "Son as Man" as the English translation: | | The use of the phrase in Mark 10:45 illustrates the flaws in the "Son of Man" and the superiority of the "Son as Man" as the English translation: |