John 5:27
and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man.
English Majority Text (NT)
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 He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,
28Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming in which all those in the tombs will hear His voice
Cross References
John 5:22For the Father judges no one, but He has committed all judgment to the Son,
Acts 17:31because He has appointed a day in which He is going to judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has appointed, having given proof to all, by raising Him from the dead.”
Ephesians 1:20which He worked in Christ, having raised Him from the dead, and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenlies,
Hebrews 2:7You made him a little lower than the angels, 1 You crowned him with glory and honor, 1
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 →