John 5:26
For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son also to have life in himself,
Darby Translation
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 has given him authority to execute judgment [also], because he is Son of man.
Cross References
Psalms 36:9For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Jeremiah 10:10But Jehovah Elohim is truth; he is the living God, and the King of eternity. At his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations cannot abide his indignation.
John 4:10Jesus answered and said to her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that says to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
John 7:37In the last, 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 every one who lives and believes on me shall never die. Believest thou this?
John 14:19Yet a little and the world sees me no longer; but ye see me; because I live ye 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 →