"Son of man" is a title that was given to Yeshua in the Old Testament, through one of Daniel's prophetic dreams of the Messiah. Easily recognized in the light of the New Testament.
Daniel 7:13
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. 14 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.I pulled just a few "Son of man" verses out in a
reply to a Muslim and thought they might be handy in this section.
Here is a post with all the verses.
http://islamchristianforum.com/index.php?topic=56.msg174#msg174If Yahshua is not Yahweh how can the Son of man forgive sins? Matthew 9:6
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.If Jesus is not God
how can the Son of man be Lord of the sabbath day? Matthew 12:8
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.If Jesus isn't God how can the Son of man send forth
His angels? Matthew 13:41
The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;If Jesus wasn't crucified, how could the Son of man be risen from the dead? Matthew 17:9
And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.If Jesus isn't God how could the Son of man save the lost? Matthew 18:11
For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.If Jesus didn't sacrifice Himself to save us from our sins, how is it the Son of man ransomed His life for us? Matthew 20:28
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.http://islamchristianforum.com/index.php?topic=1175.0Num 23:19
God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?In the context of this verse, the Hebrew means that God is not of, or from, a human being the way that the rest of human beings have been born - after Eve. However God manifest, or revealed Himself, in the flesh, in Jesus Christ.
http://www.islamandthetruth.com/gospel_of_john.htmWhile Muslims and Christians all understand that a human being named Mary was used as a vessel in which Jesus was conceived and born, Muslims and Christians also both agree that Mary's conception of Jesus Christ was strictly by the hand of God, unlike any human being in the history of mankind.
neither the son
Old Testament Hebrew Definition:
01121 ben {bane}
from 01129; TWOT - 254; n m
AV - son 2978, children 1568, old 135, first 51, man 20, young 18,
young + 01241 17, child 10, stranger 10, people 5, misc 92; 4906
1) son, grandson, child, member of a group
1a) son, male child
1b) grandson
1c) children (pl. - male and female)
1d) youth, young men (pl.)
1e) young (of animals)
1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un-
righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]
1g) people (of a nation) (pl.)
1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)
1i) a member of a guild, order, class
of man
Old Testament Hebrew Definition:
0120 'adam {aw-dawm'}
from 0119; TWOT - 25a; n m
AV - man 408, men 121, Adam 13, person(s) 8, common sort + 07230 1,
hypocrite 1; 552
1) man, mankind
1a) man, human being
1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT)
1c) Adam, first man
1d) city in Jordan valley
Neither does God lie, or need to repent because He is sorry about what He has done, because he is not human.
In Old Testament prophecy
Isaiah 53:5 But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. 9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither [was any] deceit in his mouth.New Testament fulfillment
1Pe 2:22
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=1Pe&c=2&t=KJV#21Jesus is sinless
http://islamchristianforum.com/index.php?topic=1048.0Compare that with Mohammed and his "Allah" who declared himself the greatest of deceivers
http://islamchristianforum.com/index.php?board=53.0of man
New Testament Greek Definition:
444 anthropos {anth'-ro-pos}
from 435 and ops (the countenance, from 3700); man-faced, i.e. a
human being; TDNT - 1:364,59; n m
AV - man 552, not tr 4, misc 3; 559
1) a human being, whether male or female
1a) generically, to include all human individuals
1b) to distinguish man from beings of a different order
1b1) of animals and plants
1b2) of from God and Christ
1b3) of the angels
1c) with the added notion of weakness, by which man is led
into a mistake or prompted to sin
1d) with the adjunct notion of contempt or disdainful pity
1e) with reference to two fold nature of man, body and soul
1f) with reference to the two fold nature of man, the corrupt
and the truly Christian man, conformed to the nature of God
1g) with reference to sex, a male
2) indefinitely, someone, a man, one
3) in the plural, people
4) joined with other words, merchantman
