John 5:27
And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
Berean Standard Bible
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 also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
Cross References
Psalms 2:6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
Psalms 110:6He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.
John 5:22Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
Acts 17:31For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
Ephesians 1:20which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
Hebrews 2:7You made him a little lower than the angels; You 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 →