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John 1:51

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1:51 He continued, 1  “I tell all of you the solemn truth 2  – you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.” 3 

1 tn Grk “and he said to him.”

2 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

3 sn The title Son of Man appears 13 times in John’s Gospel. It is associated especially with the themes of crucifixion (3:14; 8:28), revelation (6:27; 6:53), and eschatological authority (5:27; 9:35). The title as used in John’s Gospel has for its background the son of man figure who appears in Dan 7:13-14 and is granted universal regal authority. Thus for the author, the emphasis in this title is not on Jesus’ humanity, but on his heavenly origin and divine authority.



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