Jesus uses the term Son of Man
to refer to himself on fourteen occasions in the Gospel of Mark. When used by Jesus, it refers to his future exaltation as judge (Mark 8:38, Mark 13:26, Mark 14:62), his earthly authority ( Mark 2:10, Mark 2:28), and to his sufferings (Mark 8:31, Mark 9:9, Mark 9:12, Mark 10:33, Mark 10:45). For Jesus, the term Son of Man
does not primarily indicate his humanity but his humiliation, authority, and exaltation in fulfilment of God’s ordained path.1
31 And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.