Category:Son of God (subject)

Son of God is a phrase denoting the right relation between humans and God.

Overview

In the Canaanite tradition (shared by ancient Israelites) the anointed King was understood as the "adopted" son of God (see Psalms).

In Judaism, the phrase denoted the relationship between the righteous and God the Father. All children of Israel were called to be "sons of God" (i.e. "righteous").

In some Second Temple Jewish (and Christian) circles the phrase came to be used as a messianic title: the Messiah is "the" Son of God par excellence--the "Righteous one."

In later Christian tradition (after the first century CE), the phrase began to be used to denote the divine nature of Jesus.

Son of God in ancient sources

Psalms

Psalm 2:7 -- You are my son: today I have begotten you

Psalm 45:7-8 -- Your throne, o elohim, endures forever and ever… Therefore God, your God, has anointed you

Book of Sirach

Sirach 4:10 (Greek version) -- Be a father to orphans, and be like a husband to their mother, you will then be like a son of the Most High, [Hebrew: God will call you His son], and he will love you more than does your mother.

Book of Jubilees

Jub 1:24-25 -- “They will do my commandments. I shall be a father to them, and they will be sons to me. And they will all be called sons of the living God” (1:24-25).

Christian sources

Paul, Romans 8:14 -- All who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God

Mark 15:39: Truly that man was a son of God = Luke 23:47: Truly that man was a righteous person

Gospel of John 1:12 -- To all who received him, who believed in his name, [Jesus] gave the power to become children of God

Related categories

• Messiah (subject)

External links

• [ Wikipedia]