John 5:27
And he has given the Son authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
Text-Critical English 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 as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself.
Cross References
John 5:22The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,
Acts 17:31because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness by a man he has appointed. He has provided assurance of this to everyone by raising this man from the dead.”
Ephesians 1:20He exercised this power in Christ by raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavenly places,
Hebrews 2:7Yoʋ made him a little lower than the angels and 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 →