Reference: Son
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Sometimes denotes a grandson, or any remote descendant, Ge 29:5; 2Sa 19:24. At other times a son by adoption is meant, Ge 48:5; or by law, Ru 4:17; or by education, 1Sa 3:6; 20:35; or by conversion, as Titus was Paul's "son father the common faith," Tit 1:4. And again it denotes a mental or moral resemblance, etc., Jg 19:22; Ps 89:6; Isa 57:3; Ac 13:10. In a similar sense men are sometimes called sons of God, Lu 3:38; Ro 8:14.
SON OF GOD, a peculiar appellation of Christ, expressing his eternal relationship to the Father, Ps 2:7; Da 3:25; Lu 1:35; Joh 1:18,34. Christ always claimed to be the only-begotten Son of the Father, Mt 4:3; 8:29; 27:54; Joh 3:16-18; and the Jews rightly understood him as thus making himself equal with God, Joh 5:18; 10:30-33.
SON OF MAN, a title of Christ, assumed by himself in his humiliation, Joh 1:51. It was understood as a designation of the Messiah, according to Old Testament predictions, Ps 80:17 Da 7:13-14; but appears to indicate especially his true humanity or oneness with the human race. It is applies to him more than eighty times in the New Testament.
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And the tempter came and said to him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.
And lo! they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Son of God? Didst thou come here to torment us before the time?
And the centurion and they who with him were watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and what was taking place, were exceedingly afraid, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
And the angel answering said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon thee, and the power of the Most High will overshadow thee; wherefore the holy one that is to be born will be called the Son of God.
who was the son of Enos, who was the son of Seth, who was the son of Adam, who was the son of God.
No one hath ever seen God; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath made him known.
And I have seen and have borne witness, that this is the Son of God.
And he saith to him, Truly, truly do I say to you, Ye will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
For God so loved the world, that he gave the only begotten Son, that every one who believeth in him may not perish, but may have everlasting life. For God sent not the Son into the world to condemn the world, but that through him the world might be saved. read more. He that believeth in him is not condemned; he that believeth not hath already been condemned, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
On this account the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath, but also said that God was his own Father, making himself equal with God.
I and the Father are one. The Jews again took up stones to stone him. read more. Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shown you from the Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, Not for a good work do we stone thee, but for blasphemy, and because thou, who art a man, makest thyself God.
and said, O full of all deceit, and of all mischief, son of the Devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are sons of God.
to Titus, true child after the common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
Fausets
(Ben.) Used also for descendant. Figuratively too to express the characteristic: Barnabas means son of consolation; "sons of Belial," i.e. of worthlessness, children generally having their father's characteristic; "son of oil," abounding in oil or fruitfulness (Isa 5:1 margin).
Hastings
Morish
Besides the application of this term to natural generation, it is used metaphorically in scripture. The appellation 'son' implies 'likeness.' The term is employed thus to mark moral likeness, as of a son to a father, so 'a son of Belial,' '/1-Samuel/25/17/type/noyes'>1Sa 25:17; 'thou son (????) of the devil,' '/Acts/13/10/type/noyes'>Ac 13:10; 'sons of disobedience,' Eph 5:6; Col 3:6; also 'sons of light' and 'sons of day.' 1Th 5:5. It is also used to signify physical likeness: strong men are 'sons of strength.' 2Ki 2:16, margin; etc.
The idea of sonship differs somewhat in the case of Christians from that of being 'children.' The thought of 'children' is more of a generation which is of God. "Now are we the children of God." 1Jo 3:2. 'Sons' expresses the height of God's calling, and properly refers to heaven and glory. It implies intelligently entering into the purpose of God. God is bringing many sons to glory. Heb 2:10. Christians are represented as being both children and sons of God. The distinction between these two words is not always clearly maintained in the A.V. In Ro 9:26-27; 2Co 3:7,13; Ga 3:7,26; Eph 2:2; 5:6; Col 3:6; 1Th 5:5; Heb 11:22; 12:5; Re 2:14; 7:4; 12:5; Rev. 21: 12 (and often in the Gospels and the Acts) 'sons' (????) should be read instead of 'children,' On the other hand, in Joh 1:12; 1Co 4:14,17; Php 2:15,22; 1Ti 1:2,18; 2Ti 1:2; 2:1; Tit 1:4; Phm 1:10; '/1-John/3/1/type/noyes'>1Jo 3:1-2, 'children' (??????) should be read instead of 'sons.' Both words are employed in the Epistles of Paul, but "??????" only, as regards believers, in the writings of John, except Re 21:7. See SONS OF GOD.
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But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become children of God,to those who believed in his name;
and said, O full of all deceit, and of all mischief, son of the Devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
And it shall be, that in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there shall they be called sons of the living God." But Isaiah crieth out concerning Israel, "Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
Know then that they who have faith, these are the sons of Abraham.
For ye are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus;
in which ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience;
Let no one deceive you with vain words; for because of these things the wrath of God cometh upon the sons of disobedience.
Let no one deceive you with vain words; for because of these things the wrath of God cometh upon the sons of disobedience.
that ye may be blameless and pure, children of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation; among whom ye shine as luminaries in the world,
But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son serves a father, he served with me for the gospel.
on account of which things cometh the wrath of God.
on account of which things cometh the wrath of God. In which things ye also once walked, when ye lived in them;
bearing with each other, and forgiving each other, if any one have a complaint against another; even as Christ freely forgave you, do ye also freely forgive;
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, salute you.
And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfill it.
for ye all are sons of light, and sons of the day; we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
in hope of everlasting life, which God, who cannot lie, promised from the most ancient times,
in hope of everlasting life, which God, who cannot lie, promised from the most ancient times,
to Titus, true child after the common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
But do thou speak the things which become sound teaching;
I beseech thee for my child, whom I begot in my bonds, Onesimus;
For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
By faith Joseph, when dying, made mention of the departure of the sons of Israel, and gave directions concerning his bones.
and ye have forgotten the exhortation, which reasoneth with you as with sons: "My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when reproved by him;
Beloved, now are we children of God, and it hath not yet been manifested what we shall be. We know that, when it shall be manifested, we shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is.
But I have a few things against thee; thou hast there them that hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumblingblock in the way of the sons of Israel, and to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.
And I heard the number of the sealed. A hundred and fortyfour thousand were sealed out of all the tribes of the sons of Israel.
And she brought forth a manchild, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.
He that overcometh shall inherit these things, and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Smith
Son.
The term "son" is used in Scripture language to imply almost any kind of descent or succession, as ben shanah, "son of a year," i.e. a year old; ben kesheth, "son of a bow," i.e. an arrow. The word bar is often found in the New Testament in composition, as Bar-timaeus.