John 5:26
For as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to the Son to have life in himself.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
In Context
27And he also gave him authority to execute judgment because he is a son of man.
Cross References
Psalms 36:9For with thee is the fountain of life. In thy light we shall see light.
Jeremiah 10:10But LORD is the TRUE God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath the earth trembles, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.
John 4:10Jesus answered and said to her, If thou had known the gift of God, and who it is who says to thee, Give me to drink, thou would have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.
John 7:37Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus had stood and cried out, saying, If any man thirsts, let him come to me and drink.
John 11:26And every man who lives and believes in me will, no, not die, into the age. Do thou believe this?
John 14:19Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more, but ye see me. Because I live, ye will also live.
Matthew Henry on John 5:18-31
Christ's Discourse with the Jews; All Judgment Committed to Christ; The Christian Charter. 17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth… Read the whole commentary →