John 5:26
For as the Father has life in himself, so has he given to the Son also to have life in himself;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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 has given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
Cross References
John 4:10Jesus answered and said to her: If you had known the gift of God, and who it is that said to you, Give me to drink, you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water.
John 7:37On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying: If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink.
John 11:26and he that lives and believes on me, shall never die. Do you believe this?
John 14:19Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you shall see me. Because I live, you also shall 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 →