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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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses Jewish opponents who are intensifying their hostility after his Sabbath healing. He speaks in Jerusalem to clarify that his actions and authority originate entirely from the Father’s deliberate disclosure.
The words — The Greek phrase φιλεῖ τὸν υἱόν (philei ton huion) literally means "loves the Son," indicating the Father’s intimate affection and purposeful revelation of his works to Jesus.
The thread — The Father’s love and transfer of authority to the Son appear in John 3:35, while the public affirmation of this relationship echoes the voice at Jesus’ baptism in Matthew 3:17.
Why it lands — The text states the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does, requiring the reader to acknowledge that Jesus’ life-giving power and divine status derive from direct revelation rather than independent claim.
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The Greek words
King James Version
For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
Cross-references
- John 3:35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
- Matthew 3:17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
- Proverbs 8:22 The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
- John 15:15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
- John 17:26 And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”
- 2 Peter 1:17 For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
- 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.
- Matthew 17:5 While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
- 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 1:18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.