Did Jesus ever call Himself the Son of God?

The narratives about Jesus certainly did. Matthew 1:23, for example. Matthew believed that the birth of Jesus was the fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy 700 years before, that a virgin would give birth to a Son Who would be "God-with-us", or as we say, Emmanuel. Sounds like Son of God to me.

Luke follows up with an even clearer i.d. An angel appears to Mary and simply declares that the child being conceived in her womb is to be called the "Son of the Highest." Later that conception is said to be by the Holy Spirit.

When God's Spirit creates a seed inside of a woman, that seed is Divine. Jesus is the Son of God.

But what about Jesus Himself? Did He ever say He was that Son? It is true that it was not a constant theme of His teaching. But it is far from the truth that He never made the claim.

Look at Matthew 22:41 ff. It is Jesus vs. the Pharisees, in a rivalry that lasted His entire ministry.

Jesus asks them, "Whose Son is the Messiah?"

" David's," they replied.

"David's? But look at what David said:

'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand...' "

David calls the Messiah "Lord." So how could the Messiah also be the son of David?

The obvious solution to the riddle is to find a person in history who was descended from David (David's "son" or descendant) but also was born of God.

Jesus is that person. His line is described in Matthew and Luke, proof that He was from David's family. His miraculous birth is recorded in prophecy and in the famous Christmas narrative... "a virgin will conceive and bear a Son..."

Matthew 26 makes it even plainer. He is on trial. Jesus is asked by the ruling Jewish court, if He is the Messiah, the Son of God (see how these two terms, "Son of God" and "Messiah" come together again?). Without blinking He admits that He is as they say, and He is immediately condemned to death for blasphemy.

Jesus was crucified because he claimed to be the Son of God! Let no one today say that he never claimed it! That's why He was crucified!