The Authority of the Son

John 5

19 So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, e the Son f can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father 1 does, that the Son does likewise. 20 For g the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And h greater works than these will he show him, so that i you may marvel. 21 For as the Father j raises the dead and k gives them life, so l also the Son gives life m to whom he will. 22 n The Father judges no one, but o has given all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son, just as they p honor the Father. q Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, r whoever hears my word and s believes him who sent me has eternal life. He t does not come into judgment, but u has passed from death to life.

25 "Truly, truly, I say to you, v an hour is coming, and is now here, when w the dead will hear x the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear w will live. 26 y For as the Father has life in himself, z so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And he a has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this, for v an hour is coming when b all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, c those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

  1. Cross References
    John 5:30
    I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
  2. Cross References
    John 16:13
    When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
  3. Cross References
    John 3:35
    The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.
    John 10:17
    For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.
    John 15:9 - 10
    As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.
    John 17:23 - 26
    I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
    Matthew 3:17
    And behold, a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
  4. Cross References
    John 14:12
    Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.
  5. Cross References
    John 7:21
    Jesus answered them, "I did one work, and you all marvel at it.
  6. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:39
    'See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
    2 Corinthians 1:9
    Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
  7. Cross References
    Romans 4:17
    As it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations" - in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
    Romans 8:11
    If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
  8. Cross References
    John 6:33
    For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.
    John 11:25
    Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.
    1 Corinthians 15:45
    Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
  9. Cross References
    Romans 9:18
    So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.
  10. Cross References
    Acts 17:31
    Because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.
  11. Cross References
    John 5:27
    And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
    John 9:39
    Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.
    Acts 10:42
    And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.
    John 3:17
    For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
    John 17:2
    Since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
  12. Cross References
    John 8:49
    Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.
  13. Cross References
    Luke 10:16
    "The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me."
    John 15:23
    Whoever hates me hates my Father also.
    1 John 2:23
    No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.
  14. Cross References
    John 8:51
    Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.
  15. Cross References
    John 20:31
    But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
    1 John 5:9 - 13
    If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son.
    John 3:15
    That whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
    John 3:36
    Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
    John 12:44
    And Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.
  16. Cross References
    John 3:18
    Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
    John 5:29
    And come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
  17. Cross References
    1 John 3:14
    We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.
  18. Cross References
    John 4:21
    Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
    John 4:23
    But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.
  19. Cross References
    Ephesians 2:1
    And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
    Ephesians 2:5
    Even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ - by grace you have been saved -
  20. Cross References
    Ephesians 2:1
    And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
    Ephesians 2:5
    Even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ - by grace you have been saved -
  21. Cross References
    John 11:43
    When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out.
  22. Cross References
    John 6:57
    As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me.
  23. Cross References
    John 1:4
    In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
    John 17:2
    Since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
  24. Cross References
    John 5:22
    The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son.
  25. Cross References
    John 5:25
    Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
  26. Cross References
    John 11:24
    Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.
    1 Corinthians 15:52
    In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
    John 11:44 - 45
    The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go.
  27. Cross References
    Daniel 12:2
    And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
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