John 5:27
and he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of man.
Revised Version 1895
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 hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself:
28Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,
Cross References
Psalms 2:6Yet I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Psalms 110:6He shall judge among the nations, he shall fill the places with dead bodies; he shall strike through the head in many countries.
John 5:22For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son;
Acts 17:31inasmuch as he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Ephesians 1:20which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
Hebrews 2:7Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; Thou crownedst him with glory and honour, And didst set him over 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 →