John 5:27

and the Father has given the Son authority to carry out judgment because he is the Son of Man.

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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 also given to the Son so that he has life in himself,

28Do not be amazed at this, for there is a time coming in which everyone who is in the tombs will hear his voice

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Cross References

Psalms 2:6“I myself have anointed my king 1 on Zion, my holy mountain.” 1

Psalms 110:6He will judge the nations; 1 he will fill the battlegrounds with dead bodies; 1 he will kill the leaders in many countries. 1

John 5:22For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son

Acts 17:31This is because he has set a day when he will judge the world in righteousness by the man he has chosen. God has given proof of this man to everyone by raising him from the dead.”

Ephesians 1:20This is the same power that God worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places.

Hebrews 2:7You made man a little lower than the angels; 1 you crowned him with glory and honor. + 2:7 Some older version add, and you have put him over the works of your hands . 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 →

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