Son of Man
Americannoun
noun
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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
Who is the tranquil gentleman who won't salute the State Or serve Nebuchadnezzar or proletariat But thinks that every son of man has quite enough to do To paddle down the stream of life his personal canoe?
From Salon
“What branches grow / out of this stony rubbish? Son of man, / You cannot say, or guess,” T.S.
From New York Times
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
Rome’s Francesca Zingaretti, who uses the professional name Ceci N’Est Pas Francesca, borrowed from René Magritte’s “The Son of Man” for her crayon and Ecoline piece “Breaking Bad — The Son of Heisenberg,” in which Walter’s glare is impishly plastered over by a Los Pollos Hermanos cup.
From Los Angeles Times
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