Bible Strands
John 5:27
And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses the Jewish crowd in John 5, explaining the Father’s delegation of judicial power immediately after stating that the Father grants the Son to have life in Himself.
The words — ἐξουσίαν (exousian) = authority and ἔδωκεν (edōken) = He gave.
The thread — This delegation of judicial authority appears in John 5:22, Acts 10:42, and Acts 17:31.
Why it lands — The text states the Son has been granted authority to execute judgment because He is the Son of Man. This establishes His human identity as the explicit ground for delegated judicial power.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
Cross-references
- Acts 10:42 And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.
- John 5:22 Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
- Acts 17:31 For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
- Daniel 7:13 In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.
- 1 Corinthians 15:25 For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
- 1 Peter 3:22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
- Psalms 110:6 He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.
- Ephesians 1:20 which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
- Hebrews 2:7 You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor
- Psalms 110:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”