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Son of Man

בֶּן־אָדָם / בַּר אֱנָשׁ

Ben Adam · Bar Enash — pronounced ben ah-DAHM; bar en-AHSH · appears ~82 (Gospels) times · Strong's G5207, G444

The Son of Man — Yeshua's own favorite self-title, drawn from Daniel's night vision of one riding the clouds to the Ancient of Days.

Deliberately double: in Ezekiel it means simply 'human being'; in Daniel it names a heavenly figure enthroned beside God. Yeshua chose the title that holds both — fully the human one, fully the cloud-rider — and used it more than any other name for Himself.

First occurrence

Dan 7:13 — 'One like a bar enash coming with the clouds of heaven'

Key passages

Mark 14:62 — At trial: 'You will see the Son of Man coming with the clouds' — the claim that sealed the verdict

Mark 10:45 — 'The Son of Man came to serve, and to give His life a ransom'

Ezek 2:1 — Ben-adam — God's constant address to Ezekiel: the human one

In the Greek Scriptures

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