John 5:26
for as the Father has life in Himself, so He gave also to the Son to have life in Himself,
Literal Standard Version
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 authority He gave Him also to do judgment, because He is Son of Man.
Cross References
Psalms 36:9For a fountain of life [is] with You, || In Your light we see light.
Jeremiah 10:10And YHWH [is] a God of truth, || He [is] a living God, and a perpetual King, || The earth shakes from His wrath, || And nations do not endure His indignation.
John 4:10Jesus answered and said to her, “If you had known the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, Give Me to drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
John 7:37And in the last, the great day of the celebration, Jesus stood and cried, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink;
John 11:26and everyone who is living and believing in Me will not die—throughout the age;
John 14:19yet a little [while] and the world beholds Me no more, and you behold Me, because I live, and you will 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 →