Why does Jesus calls himself "Son of Man"?

Jesus is referred to as the "Son of Man" 88 times in the New Testament. What does this mean? Does not the Bible say Jesus was the Son of God? How then could Jesus also be the Son of Man?

The phrase "Son of Man" is a reference to the prophecy of Daniel 7:13-14, "I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought Him near before Him. And there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him: His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed."

The description "Son of Man" was a Messianic title. Jesus is the one who was given dominion and glory and a kingdom. When Jesus used this phrase related to Himself, He was assigning the “Son of Man” prophecy to Himself. The Jews of that era would have been intimately familiar with the phrase and to whom it referred. He was proclaiming himself as the Messiah.

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Bruce

Mary was, for want of a better word, His surrugate Mum. Lu 1:35 The angel replied to her: The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the holy child to be born will be called the Son of God. The Geneaology. Lu 3:38 son of Enos, son of Seth, son of Adam, son of God. Jesus had to stay hidden for as long as He could remember, So He even commanded the Demons to Hush about who He was! Lu 4:41 Also, demons were coming out of many, shouting and saying, "You are the Son of God!" But He rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Messiah. John 1:49 "Rabbi," Nathanael replied, "You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" JESUS is speaking Himself in these next 4 Scriptures and there are heaps more, but not enough room for all. John 3:18 Anyone who believes in Him is not judged, but anyone who does not believe is already judged, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. John 5:25 "I assure you: An hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live." John 10:36 do you say, 'You are blaspheming' to the One the Father set apart and sent into the world, because I said 'I am the Son of God'? John 11:4 When Jesus heard it, He said, "This sickness will not end in death, but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

He is the second Adam.Where the first Adam failed He succeeded.

He restored all Creation and Mankind in God's Grace.

By being human He has given mankind the opportunity to know God through Him.

Man was created in God's image and is therefore a reflection of God.

He is saying that God wanted all of us to be like Adam before the original sin and He is showing us how to do it. Because He is seated at right hand of the Father but at the same time He is in us.

For Him, With Him, In Him in the unity of the Holy Spirit all Glory and Honour is Yours All Mighty Father for ever and ever.

The meaning of the phrase "Son of Man" is that Jesus was truly a human being. Jesus also was fully God (John 1:1), but He was also a human being (John 1:14). 1 John 4:2 tells us, "This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God." Jesus was the Son of God but he was also the Son of Man – He was in His essence a human being.

In the Book of Daniel,(can't think of the chapter) Daniel has a vision where he sees "The Son of Man coming in the clouds of Heaven, approaching the Throne of the One Of Great Age."

Christ Identified Himself as the Son Of Man, in the Book of Daniel.

He calls himself the Son Of Man because as God he chose to be born of Human Flesh or as the ancient Church Fathers proclaimed he was both GOD and Man.

Son of Man refers to human mankind where Son of God refers to his divinity.

Look up Son of Man in the prophetic books of the OT... he is trying to tell his followers that he is the fulfillment of prophecy. Son of Man is a term used all over the OT to describe the Messiah.

I believe that Jesus wanted it to be clear to us all that He genuinely understands us. Thus, He became human for our sakes - as we say in our creed each Sunday. That He is not only divine but also human makes it easier for us to trust Him.

God The Father is so great, so obviously and genuinely awesome, that we might be afraid to approach Him at all, even in our prayers. I believe that is why He really became human, while still retaining His full divinity. This was to make Himself more tangible and approachable to us. God has always loved us, and as our Creator He has always perfectly understood us, but a reasonable person might mistakenly doubt that. Because He is so profoundly utterly superior to us, we could doubt that He understands our petty little lives, thinking He has no thoughts about such small things as our daily lives.

Jesus proved He is God by performing miracles, and He proved He knows what our lives are like by becoming one of us. He didn't have to learn anything - God is and has always been omniscient, but we needed proof that He knew us perfectly. He gave us that proof by showing Himself to us bodily, and while He performed miracles before our eyes He emphasized that He is "The Son of Man". In that way we were able to learn that this being is awesome but not remote.

God is both mighty and humble. That He is mighty was obvious to the faithful before He came to Earth. That He is willing to be truly humble was obvious after He came to Earth. For God to humble Himself so plainly is dazzling to me. I accept by faith that The Eucharist really is the body and blood of our Lord. This is one matter of faith in which I am able to be strengthened by reason.

The real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist makes sense to me because it very much parallels the way Jesus humbled Himself to become incarnate in the first place. Jesus humbled Himself almost 2000 years ago by becoming "The Son of Man", and He humbles Himself at every Catholic mass when He comes to us in the form of a little wafer of plain bread and the form of simple wine.

Every celebration of The Eucharist reminds us of how far Jesus is willing to go to approach us. He doesn't merely approach us either. At The Eucharist, Jesus enters us in a way that is more intimate, selfless, and perfect than any merely human relation. He taught us that He is the Son of Man to make us realize how real He is, and how humbly loving He is. Jesus reminds us of His awesome but humble love every time we receive the Eucharist.

I hope and pray that many thousands - maybe even millions, of people are moving closer to fully accepting this beauty during this season of Lent, and that this Easter will be deeply and beautifully reassuring and uplifting for all people who receive the body of our Lord.

I am Roman Catholic.

Peace be with you.

uncle joe very clearly explained. thnx for nice answer

and for all those sons of devils who have spoken less about Jesus will surely burn in hell and no need to wait till they die, they will suffer on this earth especially those two people who had answered in the beginning.