John 5:27
And has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of man.
Revised King James 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
26For as the Father has life in himself; so he has granted to the Son to have life in himself;
Cross References
John 5:22For the Father judges no man, but has committed all judgment to the Son:
Acts 17:31Because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom he has ordained; and he has given assurance of this to all men by raising him from the dead.
Ephesians 1:20Which he exerted in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
Hebrews 2:7You made him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honour, and did set him over the works of your 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 →