The Nugget:
Dan 7:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. (KJV)
Dan 7:13 I beheld in the night vision, and, lo, one coming with the clouds of heaven as the Son of man, and he came on to the Ancient of days, and was brought near to him.
Dan 7:14 And to him was given the dominion, and the honour, and the kingdom; and all nations, tribes, and languages, shall serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom shall not be destroyed. (LXX, Brenton translation)
Dan 7:13 In my visions during the night, I saw among the clouds in heaven someone like the Son of Man. He came to the Ancient One, who has lived for endless years, and was presented to him. (GW, God’s Word translation)
My Comment:
The Messianic title, the Son of Man, was a favorite title of our Lord Jesus Christ. He used it of Himself many times. During His trial, when He used this title in answering the question posed to Him by the Chief Priest, the Chief Priest believed that Jesus committed blasphemy when Jesus applied this title to Himself (Matthew 26:64, 65, 66).
The title “Son of Man” as used by Jesus has several important meanings. It is helpful to study the Bible passages where this title is used.
To study this title, I make use of the Subject Index of The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury. “Son of Man” is indexed to the note at Matthew 16:27.
One of the important passages given as a cross reference for “Son of Man” at Matthew 16:27 is Daniel 7:13. To dig deeper, study the note and cross references given at Daniel 7:13,
Daniel 7:13
I saw. T968x. Joh 1:2 (T969x). Act 7:55, 56, Rev 7:10.
in the night visions. Dan 7:1, 2; Dan 7:7, Zec 1:8.
one like. +*Psa 8:4; +*Psa 8:5, +*Isa 9:6; +*Isa 9:7, Eze 1:26, Mat 13:41; *Mat 24:30; Mat 25:31; Mat 26:64, Mar 13:26; Mar 14:61, 62, Luk 21:27; Luk 21:36, *Joh 3:13; *Joh 5:27; Joh 12:34, Act 7:56, Php 2:6, 7, 8, Heb 2:14, **Rev 1:7; **Rev 1:13; **Rev 1:18; Rev 14:14.
Son of man. “His title ’the Son of man’ expresses his visible state, formerly in His humiliation, hereafter in His exaltation” (Fausset, on Dan 7:13, Commentary. vol. 4, p. 421). T1915, +*Psa 8:4; +*Psa 8:5; **Psa 80:17, Eze 2:1 note, +Mat 8:20; Mat 9:6; Mat 10:23; Mat 11:19; $*Mat 16:13; +*Mat 16:27 note, Mat 16:28; Mat 19:28; Mat 24:30; Mat 25:31; Mat 26:64, *Mar 2:10; *Mar 8:31; *Mar 8:38, Luk 5:24; Luk 17:24, 25; *Luk 22:69; Luk 24:26, +Joh 1:51 note. +*Joh 3:13; Joh 5:25; Joh 5:27, *Act 7:56, 2Ti 4:1 note. Heb 2:7, Rev 1:13; *Rev 14:14.
came. +Isa 35:4, +*Act 1:11.
the clouds of heaven. +Gen 9:13, Exo 13:21, 22; Exo 19:9; Exo 19:16, 1Ki 8:10, 11, Psa 68:32, 33; Psa 104:3, Isa 19:1, Eze 10:4, Nah 1:3, **Mat 24:30; **Mat 26:64, Mar 9:7; Mar 13:26, **Act 1:9, 10, 11, **Rev 1:7; Rev 10:1.
and came to. *Joh 8:54.
the Ancient. Dan 7:9; Dan 7:22.
and they. Psa 47:5; Psa 68:17, 18, Jer 33:14; Jer 49:19, Eph 1:20, 21, *1Ti 6:16, *Heb 9:24.