John 5:27
And he also gave him authority to execute judgment because he is a son of man.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
In Context
26For as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to the Son to have life in himself.
28Marvel not at this, because an hour comes in which all those in the sepulchers will hear his voice,
Cross References
Psalms 2:6Yet I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Psalms 110:6He will judge among the nations. He will fill with dead bodies. He will strike through the head in many countries.
John 5:22For neither does the Father judge any man, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
Acts 17:31Because he appointed a day during which he is going to judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he appointed, having provided assurance to all men because he raised him from the dead.
Ephesians 1:20which he wrought in the Christ, having raised him from the dead and seated at his right hand in the heavenly things,
Hebrews 2:7Thou made him a little something less than the heavenly agents. Thou crowned him with glory and honor.
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 →