John 5:26
For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself.
Text-Critical English NT
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 he has given the Son authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
Cross References
John 4:10Jesus answered her, “If yoʋ knew the gift of God and who it is that is saying to yoʋ, ‘Give me some water to drink,’ yoʋ would have asked him, and he would have given yoʋ living water.”
John 7:37On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.
John 11:26No one who lives and believes in me will ever die. Do yoʋ believe this?”
John 14:19Yet a little while and the world will see me no longer, but you will see me. Because I live, you also 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 →