Don't marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice,
      First, Because he is the Son of man; which denotes these three things:-- 1. His humiliation and gracious condescension. Man is a worm, the son of man a worm; yet this was the nature, this the character, which the Redeemer assumed, in pursuance of the counsels of love; to this low estate he stooped, and submitted to all the mortifications attending it, because it was his Father's will; in recompence therefore of this wonderful obedience, God did thus dignify him. Because he condescended to be the Son of man, his Father made him Lord of all,Philippians 2:8; Philippians 2:9. 2. His affinity and alliance to us. The Father has committed the government of the children of men to him, because, being the Son of man, he is of the same nature with those whom he is set over, and therefore the more unexceptionable, and the more acceptable, as a Judge. Their governor shall proceed from the midst of them,Jeremiah 30:21. Of this that law was typical; One of thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee,Deuteronomy 17:15. 3. His being the Messiah promised. In that famous vision of his kingdom and glory, Daniel 7:13; Daniel 7:14, he is called the Son of man; and Psalms 8:4-6. Thou has made the Son of man have dominion over the works of thy hands. He is the Messiah, and therefore is invested with all this power. The Jews usually called the Christ the Son of David; but Christ usually called himself the Son of man, which was the more humble title, and bespeaks him a prince and Saviour, not the Jewish nation only, but to the whole race of mankind.