John 5:27
and he gave to him power to make doom, (or and he gave him the authority to pass judgement), for he is man’s Son.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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, so he gave to the Son, to have life in himself;
Cross References
Psalms 2:6Soothly I am ordained of him a king upon Zion, his holy hill; ( And the Lord saith of me, I have set my king upon Zion; upon my holy hill.)
Psalms 110:6He shall deem among nations, he shall fill (the land with) fallings; he shall shake heads in the land of many men. (He shall judge among the nations, he shall fill the land with the fallen; he shall wound those who be the chiefs, or the leaders, in many lands.)
John 5:22For neither the Father judgeth any man, but hath given every doom to the Son, (For the Father judgeth no one, but hath given every judgement to the Son,)
Acts 17:31for that he hath ordained a day, in which he shall deem the world in equity (or on which he shall judge the world with fairness), in a man in which he ordained, and gave faith to all men, and raised him from death [or raising him from (the) dead].
Ephesians 1:20which he wrought in Christ, raising him from death [or raising him from (the) dead], and setting him on his right half in heavenly things, (which he worked in the Messiah, raising him from the dead, and setting him at his right hand, or on his right side, in heavenly things,)
Hebrews 2:7Thou hast made him a little less than (the) angels; thou hast crowned him with glory and honour; and thou hast ordained him on (or over) the works of thine 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 →