John 5:27
"And he has given him authority to pronounce judgment, because he is Son of man.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
In Context
26"For as the Father has life in himself, so also has he granted to the Son to have life in himself.
Cross References
John 5:22"The Father indeed does not judge any one, but has given all judgment to the Son,
Acts 17:31inasmuch as he has fixed a day in which he will judge the world justly, by the Man whom he has ordained, and he has given proof of all this by raising him from the dead."
Ephesians 1:20which he exercised in raising Christ from the dead, and in seating him at his right hand in the heavenly heights,
Hebrews 2:7Thou hast made him only a little lower that the angels; With glory and honor hast thou crowned him; And hast set him to govern the works of thy hands;
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 →