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What Does “Son of Man” Mean in the Bible?

Title

The name Jesus used to speak about himself. By itself, the phrase means “a human being.” In a vision of the prophet Daniel, “one like a son of man” appears, coming on the clouds of heaven.

Where it appears in the Bible

Luke 19:10

What the Bible says

Luke 19:10

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

Source: Daniel 7:13 and its NABRE note; NABRE note on Mark 8:31; Catechism 440

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