John 5:27
and has given him authority to execute judgment [also], because he is Son of man.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
In Context
26For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son also to have life in himself,
28Wonder not at this, for an hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs shall hear his voice,
Cross References
Psalms 2:6And *I* have anointed my king upon Zion, the hill of my holiness.
Psalms 110:6He shall judge among the nations; he shall fill [all places] with dead bodies; he shall smite through the head over a great country.
John 5:22for neither does the Father judge any one, but has given all judgment to the Son;
Acts 17:31because he has set a day in which he is going to judge the habitable earth in righteousness by [the] man whom he has appointed, giving the proof [of it] to all [in] having raised him from among [the] dead.
Ephesians 1:20[in] which he wrought in the Christ [in] raising him from among [the] dead, and he set him down at his right hand in the heavenlies,
Hebrews 2:7Thou hast made him some little inferior to the angels; thou hast crowned him with glory and honour, [and hast set him over the works of thy 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 →