SUMMARY

The Gospel expression ὁ υἱός τού ἀνθρώπου = "the son of the man" means "the son of Adam." The most natural way of construing the double definite article is that it speaks of the son of a particular man, namely Adam, who is called ὁ υἱός τού ἀνθρώπου in Genesis 1-2 LXX. The Adam in question, however, is not just the biblical protoplast but also the figure of later Jewish and Christian legend, who possessed dominion and divine glory, which will be restored to him at the eschaton (cf. the exalted Son of Man sayings), who exercised authority over the created order, which is governed as the earthly representative of the heavenly king (cf. the present authority sayings), but who is also associated with the worlds present condition of suffering and death (cf. the suffering Son of Man sayings).