Bible Strands
John 3:35
The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus speaks to Nicodemus during a nighttime teaching, immediately after declaring that God gives the Spirit without measure to the One He sent.
The words — ἀγαπᾷ (agapāi) translates literally as “loves,” and δέδωκεν (dedōken) means “has given.” The Greek text states the Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.
The thread — This theme of received authority and entrustment appears in Matthew 28:18 and Luke 10:22, while John 5:20 parallels the Father’s love by noting He shows the Son all He does.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition of the Son’s current status as the recipient of all things and the object of the Father’s love, framing the immediate call to believe or face wrath in John 3:36.
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The Greek words
King James Version
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
Cross-references
- Matthew 28:18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- Luke 10:22 All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”
- John 5:20 The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.
- John 5:22 Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
- Matthew 11:27 All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
- John 17:2 For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
- Ephesians 1:22 And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
- Psalms 2:8 Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
- Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- John 13:3 Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.