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 you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.
And behold they cried, saying, What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come hither before the time to torment us?
And the centurion and those with him watching Jesus, seeing the earthquake, and the [other] events which occurred, were greatly afraid, and said, Certainly, this was a Son of God.
And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow you; and on that account the holy child shall be called the Son of God.
the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the Son of God.
No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he declared [him].
And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.
And he said to him, I tell you most truly, you shall 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 his only Son, that every one believing in him may not perish but have eternal life. For God sent not his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world through him might be saved. read more. He that believes in him is not judged; but he that believes not has been judged already; because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
Then, for this reason, the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but also said, that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
I and the Father are one. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. read more. Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shown you from the Father; for which of these works do you stone me? The Jews answered him, We do not stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy, and because you, being a man, make yourself God.
said, O full of all deceit and all craft, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you 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 my faithful son in 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/sawyer'>1Sa 25:17; 'thou son (????) of the devil,' '/Acts/13/10/type/sawyer'>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/sawyer'>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 gave he power to become sons of God, to them that believe on his name,
said, O full of all deceit and all craft, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
and in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they shall be called children of the living God. But Isaiah cries concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel is as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved;
Know, therefore, that those of faith, these are children of Abraham.
For you are all children of God by the faith in Jesus Christ;
Let no man deceive you with vain words; for on account of these comes the wrath of God on the children of disobedience.
Let no man deceive you with vain words; for on account of these comes the wrath of God on the children of disobedience.
that you may be blameless and sincere, children of God without blame in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as luminaries in the world,
But you know his tried virtue, that as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.
for which comes the wrath of God.
for which comes the wrath of God. In which also you walked formerly when you lived in them;
forbearing one another, and forgiving one another if any one has a charge against any, as Christ forgave you, so [do] you also,
Luke the beloved physician, and Demas, salute you.
And say to Archippus, Attend to your ministry which you received in the Lord, to perform it fully.
for you are all children of light, and children of day; we are not of night nor of darkness.
for the hope of eternal life, which God who cannot lie announced before eternal ages,
for the hope of eternal life, which God who cannot lie announced before eternal ages,
to Titus my faithful son in the common faith; grace and peace from God the Father, and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
Speak things which become sound teaching.
I request you for my son Onesimus, whom I obtained in my bonds,
For it became him, for whom are all things and through whom are all things, to perfect by sufferings the prince of their salvation, bringing many sons to glory.
By faith Joseph at the close of life made mention of the exodus of the children of Israel and gave charge concerning his bones.
And you have forgotten the exhortation which says to you as to sons, My son, despise not the correction of the Lord and faint not when rebuked by him,
Beloved, now are we children of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be. We know, that if he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
But I have a few things against you; you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put an occasion of sin before the children of Israel, both to eat things offered to idols and to commit fornication.
And I heard the number of the sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand were sealed from every tribe of the children of Israel.
And she bore a male child, who is about to rule all nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.
He that conquers shall inherit these things, and I will be to him a God and he shall be to me a 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.