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NASB | Ezekiel 2:1 Then He said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet that I may speak with you!" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ezekiel 2:1 Then He said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet and I will speak to you." |
Subject: "son of God" vs. "son of Man" |
Bible Note: Hi, brother Ray... Brother Brad offers a good discussion of this word. I suggest you look at his post in this same thread. Meanwhile, I'll try to give you some of the little bit that I understand. "Monogeneis" is what we commonly see translated as "only begotten." John is the only writer in the New Testament to use this title associated with Christ. (It only appears one other time in Hebrews.) It literally means "sole born." However, as Brad aptly points out, we cannot take it in this strictly literal sense. In fact, if I were going to translate the word -- and remember that I'm not an expert, so this is just opinion -- I would have used the phrase "utterly unique one." Of course, that doesn't quite capture it either. :-( Athanasius (297-373) has some great things to say about this. As you probably know he's been called the Father of the Nicene Creed (325). I tried for a couple of hours on this post to work through his thinking, but I just ended up botching it. So I deleted about five paragraphs. :-) Let me just quote him: "Holy Scripture very plainly makes [a distinction] between begotten and made or created. It declares the Son of God to be the former, and that He has no beginning of existence, but is eternal. And, on the other hand, it asserts the creature to have had such a beginning, and that the being and substance of creatures are wholly external and foreign to the divine nature." See, Jesus Christ is eternally begotten of the Father. As "very God of very God" He has no origin, and yet is eternally begotten. The word monogeneis is not an easy word to define. But then, how can we possibly capture all that is Christ Jesus in just a word? |
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