John 5:27
The Father also granted the authority for judgment to him, for he is the Son of man.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
In Context
28Don't be surprised at this, for the time is coming when all those in the grave will hear his voice
Cross References
Psalms 2:6“It is I who placed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”
Psalms 110:6He will execute judgment on the nations, filling their lands with corpses. He will strike down those who rule all over the earth.
John 5:22The Father judges no one. He has given to the Son all the authority to judge,
Acts 17:31For he has set a time when he will rightly judge the world by the man he has appointed, and he proved to everyone that he is the one by raising him from the dead.”
Ephesians 1:20that he demonstrated in raising Christ from the dead. God seated Christ at his right hand in heaven,
Hebrews 2:7You set him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor, and placed him over all your creation.
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 →