Jesus, especially as the Messiah.
any person responding to God or acknowledging God as Father. Romans 8:14.
an angelic being
a Christian believer
First recorded before 950; Middle English; Old English
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Lewis’s argument that Jesus couldn’t have been a “great moral teacher” if he wasn’t the Son of God, as he claimed to be, grabbed Mr. Murray’s attention.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
He said, “I’m happy to say, as you know, the Christian package works. I believe in God, I believe in Jesus as the Son of God, in the usefulness and beauty of his teaching.”
From Washington Times • Jan. 10, 2023
“The Son of God was born an outcast, in order to tell us that every outcast is a child of God,” he wrote on Twitter.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2020
"May the Son of God renew in political and government leaders a spirit of international cooperation, starting with health care, so that all will be ensured access to vaccines and treatment," he said.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2020
The Son of God was dead as a doornail.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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