John 5:27

And he has given him the authority to accomplish judgment. For he is the Son of man.

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In The King James Version

And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

In Context

26For just as the Father has life in himself, so also has he granted to the Son to have life in himself.

28Do not be amazed at this. For the hour is coming in which all who are in the grave shall hear the voice of the Son of God.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:6Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.

Psalms 110:6He will announce the virtue of his works to his people,

John 5:22For the Father does not judge anyone. But he has given all judgment to the Son,

Acts 17:31For he has appointed a day on which he will judge the world in equity, through the man whom he has appointed, offering faith to all, by raising him from the dead.”

Ephesians 1:20which he wrought in Christ, raising him from the dead and establishing him at his right hand in the heavens,

Hebrews 2:7You have reduced him to a little less than the Angels. You have crowned him with glory and honor, and you have set him over the works of your hands.

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 →

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