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Why "Son of Man"?
Commentators explain that Jesus deliberately used the title "Son of Man" instead of "Messiah." While "Messiah" carried popular expectations of a political king, "Son of Man" was a title Jesus could redefine. He connected it to the glorious figure from Daniel 7 but uniquely infused it with the new, unexpected concepts of suffering, rejection, and death, revealing the true nature of his mission.
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AT Robertson
On Mark 8:31
He began to teach them (ηρξατο διδασκειν αυτους). Mark is fond of this idiom, but it is not a mere rhetorical device.[Reference Ma…
Charles Ellicott
On Mark 8:31–33
19th Century
Bishop
And he began to teach them.—See Notes on Matthew 16:21-23.
The points peculiar to St. Mark are:
- that our Lord spok…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Mark 8:31
Having accepted Peter’s ascription of his being “the Christ,” Jesus now began to teach his disciples what messiahship really meant. Yet he did not …
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John Gill
On Mark 8:31
17th Century
Pastor
And he began to teach them
For as yet he had said nothing to them about his sufferings and death, at least in expres…
Matthew Henry
On Mark 8:27–33
17th Century
Minister
These things are written, that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. These miracles of our Lord assure us that he was n…