John 5:26

For as the Father hath life in himself, so he gave to the Son, to have life in himself;

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In The King James Version

For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

In Context

25Truly, truly, I say to you, (or Truly, I tell you the truth), for the hour cometh, and now it is, when dead men (or when the dead) shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that hear (it), shall live.

27and he gave to him power to make doom, (or and he gave him the authority to pass judgement), for he is man’s Son.

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Cross References

Psalms 36:9For the well of life is with thee; and in thy light we shall see light.

Jeremiah 10:10Forsooth the Lord is very God; he is God living, and a king everlasting; the earth shall be moved together of his indignation, and heathen men shall not (be able to) suffer the menacing of him. (For the Lord is the true God; he is the living God, and the everlasting King; the earth shall be altogether shaken by his indignation, and the heathen shall not be able to suffer his threats.)

John 4:10Jesus answered, and said to her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is, that saith to thee, Give me (a) drink, thou peradventure wouldest have asked of him, and he should have given to thee quick water (or and then he would have given thee living water).

John 7:37But in the last day of the great feast, (or But on the last day of the great Feast, or the great Festival), Jesus stood, and cried (out), and said, If any man thirsteth, come he to me, and drink.

John 11:26and each that liveth [or and all that liveth], and believeth in me, shall not die [into] without end. Believest thou this thing?

John 14:19Yet a little, and the world seeth not now me [or and the world seeth not me now]; but ye shall see me, for I live, and ye shall live.

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 →

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