Son of Man
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Son of Man
before 900; Middle English; Old English
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“Brother Shaeed and three others went to Mexico. But the Son of Man called Brother Shaeed down,” Samuels said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
As Jesus said, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2021
Every Sunday, he went to the Son of Man Temple, the Black Panther church in the auditorium of the school.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2017
Who can forget his self-portrait, The Son of Man, which shows Magritte wearing a bowler hat with an green apple floating in front of his face.
From Forbes ● Sep. 3, 2014
Not very different was it when this Son of Man, dehumanized by despotism, made to wield the thunderbolts of Jove, reached in turn his inevitable Twilight.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel
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