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Jesus as authority: - Coggle Diagram
Jesus as authority:
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JESUS AS THE SON OF MAN
- Used in New Testament, in all 4 gospels
- emphasises Jesus' humanity and make him less associated as a power figure
- its an ambiguous term
- can be interpreted as a way of explaining jesus to outsiders, Jesus would look as if he was claiming to be a normal human
- to those who knew his work and mission would argue that his divine mission was to represent god
- term preferred by Jesus for himself
- its ambiguity made it less likely he would be though of as a power figure and potential revolutionary
- he used it to describe his role as the suffering servant spoken of in the old testament
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