John 5:30
I can do nothing from myself. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous because I am not seeking my own will but the will of him who sent me.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
31If I should testify about myself, my testimony would not be true.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Far be it from you to do such a thing, killing the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be treated the same as the wicked. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”
Psalms 96:13before Yahweh, for he is coming. 1 He is coming to judge the earth. 1 He will judge the world with righteousness 1 and the peoples with his faithfulness.
Hosea 10:7Samaria's king 1 will be destroyed, 1 like a chip of wood on the surface of the water. 1
John 4:34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work.
John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
John 8:28Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then will you know that I AM, and that I do nothing of myself. As the Father taught me, I speak these things.
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 →