John 5:27
He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.
World English Bible
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, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.
28Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
Cross References
Psalms 2:6“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
Psalms 110:6He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.
John 5:22For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
Acts 17:31because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”
Ephesians 1:20which he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
Hebrews 2:7You made him a little lower than the angels. You 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 →