John 5:27
and he has given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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 has he given to the Son also to have life in himself;
Cross References
John 5:22For the Father judges no one, but has given all judicial authority to the Son;
Acts 17:31because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world, in righteousness, by the man whom he has chosen, giving to all assurance of this, by having raised him from the dead.
Ephesians 1:20which he made active in the Christ when he raised him from the dead, and caused him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
Hebrews 2:7Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels; thou hast 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 →