Pope Francis Slams 'Prejudiced Mentality' Of Believers Who Fearfully Cling To Religious Laws

[merrily]

55. I don't know the answer to your question, but it reminds me of something I've wondered.

I am not a Biblical expert, nor can I compare one translation with another. However, I do know this: nowhere in the King James Version do the words that come out of the mouth of Jesus say, "I am the Son of God." He calls God his father, but he does not say he (Jesus) is the only child of God. He refers to himself as the Son of Man.

At times, he seems to be evading the issue, as when a disciple tells him people are saying he is the Son of God and he responds, "Who do you say I am?" But, he never flat out says he is the son of God.

In Arabic and, I believe Hebrew as well, one way to say "human being" as a species in common conversation is to refer to the offspring of Adam. But the New Testament was not translated from the either of those languages, but from the Greek.

So, given all the above, I wonder if "Son of Man" was not just another way of saying "human being."