John 5:27

Amplified Bible

"And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is a Son of Man [sinless humanity, qualifying Him to sit in judgment over mankind].

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
And the Father has given him the power to judge all people because he is the Son of Man.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and hath geven him power also to iudge in that he is the sonne of man.

Hebrew Names Version
He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.

International Standard Version
And he has given him authority to pass judgment, because he is the Son of Man.Daniel 7:13-14; John 5:22; Acts 10:42; 17:31;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

New Century Version
And the Father has given the Son the approval to judge, because he is the Son of Man.

Update Bible Version
and he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is Son of Man.

Webster's Bible Translation
And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

English Standard Version
And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

World English Bible
He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And hath given him authority, to execute judgment likewise, because he is the Son of man.

Weymouth's New Testament
And He has conferred on Him authority to act as Judge, because He is the Son of Man.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he yaf to hym power to make doom, for he is mannys sone.

English Revised Version
and he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of man.

Berean Standard Bible
And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

Contemporary English Version
And he has given his Son the right to judge everyone, because he is the Son of Man.

American Standard Version
and he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.

Bible in Basic English
And he has given him authority to be judge because he is the Son of man.

Complete Jewish Bible
Also he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

Darby Translation
and has given him authority to execute judgment [also], because he is Son of man.

Etheridge Translation
and hath empowered him also to execute judgment. Because he is the Son of man,

Murdock Translation
and hath moreover given him authority to execute judgment. ‡1 But that he is the Son of man,

King James Version (1611)
And hath giuen him authority to execute iudgement also, because he is the Sonne of man.

New Living Translation
And he has given him authority to judge everyone because he is the Son of Man.

New Life Bible
God has given Him the right and the power to say if people are guilty, because He is the Son of Man.

New Revised Standard
and he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And hath giuen him power also to execute iudgement, in that he is the Sonne of man.

George Lamsa Translation
And he has given him authority to execute judgment also, for he is the Son of man.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, authority, hath he given him, to be executing, judgment, - because, Son of Man, is he!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he hath given him power to do judgment, because he is the Son of man.

Revised Standard Version
and has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of man.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And hath geuen hym power also to iudge, because he is the sonne of man.

Good News Translation
And he has given the Son the right to judge, because he is the Son of Man.

Christian Standard Bible®
And he has granted him the right to pass judgment,

King James Version
And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

Lexham English Bible
And he has granted him authority to carry out judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

Literal Translation
And He also gave authority to Him to execute judgment, for He is the Son of Man.

Young's Literal Translation
and authority He gave him also to do judgment, because he is Son of Man.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& hath geue hi power also to execute iudgmet because he is the sonne of ma.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the son of man.

New English Translation
and he has granted the Son authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

New King James Version
and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man.

Simplified Cowboy Version
And with this power comes the authority to judge every cowboy because he is the Son of Man.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

Legacy Standard Bible
and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

Contextual Overview

¹⁷But Jesus answered them, "My Father has been working until now [He has never ceased working], and I too am working." ¹⁸This made the Jews more determined than ever to kill Him, for not only was He breaking the Sabbath [from their viewpoint], but He was also calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. ¹⁹So Jesus answered them by saying, "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself [of His own accord], unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever things the Father does, the Son [in His turn] also does in the same way. ²⁰"For the Father dearly loves the Son and shows Him everything that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works than these, so that you will be filled with wonder. ²¹"Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life [and allows them to live on], even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. ²²"For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment [that is, the prerogative of judging] to the Son [placing it entirely into His hands], ²³so that all will give honor (reverence, homage) to the Son just as they give honor to the Father. [In fact] the one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who has sent Him. ²⁴"I assure you and most solemnly say to you, the person who hears My word [the one who heeds My message], and believes and trusts in Him who sent Me, has (possesses now) eternal life [that is, eternal life actually begins—the believer is transformed], and does not come into judgment and condemnation, but has passed [over] from death into life. ²⁵"I assure you and most solemnly say to you, a time is coming and is [here] now, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live. ²⁶"For just as the Father has life in Himself [and is self-existent], even so He has given to the Son to have life in Himself [and be self-existent].

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

hath: John 5:22, Psalms 2:6-9, Psalms 110:1, Psalms 110:2, Psalms 110:6, Acts 10:42, Acts 17:31, 1 Corinthians 15:25, Ephesians 1:20-23, 1 Peter 3:22

because: Daniel 7:13, Daniel 7:14, Philippians 2:7-11, Hebrews 2:7-9

the Son: This appears to be a direct reference to Daniel 7:13, which the Jews interpret of the Messiah.

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 11:9 - and will Micah 4:3 - he shall judge Matthew 16:13 - I the Matthew 25:31 - the Son Mark 8:38 - the Son Luke 5:24 - that the John 1:51 - the Son Romans 14:9 - Lord Hebrews 12:23 - God

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And hath given him authority to execute judgment also,.... Both in his church and kingdom, in the present state of things, and at the last day, when all shall stand before his judgment seat: and that

because he is the son of man; truly and properly man; because though he was in the form of God, and equal to him, yet became man, and was in the form of a servant: and so reads the Ethiopic version, "because the Son of God is the son of man"; and therefore the authority of executing judgment, according to the council and covenant of peace, is committed to him; or that men might have a visible judge, or be judged by one in their own nature: agreeably the Persic version renders it, "because the Son himself is he who judges the sons of men"; or rather because he is that son of man spoken of in prophecy, especially in Daniel 7:13; by whom is meant the Messiah, as the Jews themselves allow f, and who was not a mere man, but the man God's fellow; and so being omniscient and omnipotent, was equal to such a work, which otherwise he would not have been; Daniel 7:13- :. The Syriac version joins this clause to the beginning of John 5:28, and reads it thus, "because he is the son of man, marvel not at this"; let this be no obstruction to your faith of his quickening the dead, and having authority to execute judgment on all; since, though the son of man, he is not a mere man, but God over all, as what is next ascribed to him manifestly shows.

f Zohar in Gen. fol. 85. 4. Bemidbar Rabba, sect. 13. fol. 209. 4. Jarchi & Saadiah Gaon in Dan. vii. 13. & R. Jeshuah in Aben Ezra in ib.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hath given him authority - Hath appointed him to do this. Has made him to be judge of all. This is represented as being the appointment of the Father, Acts 17:31. The word “authority” here (commonly rendered “power”) implies all that is necessary to execute judgment - all the physical power to raise the dead, and to investigate the actions and thoughts of the life; and all the “moral right” or authority to sit in judgment on the creatures of God, and to pronounce their doom.

To execute judgment - To do judgment - that is, to judge. He has appointment to “do justice;” to see that the universe suffers no wrong, either by the escape of the guilty or by the punishment of the innocent.

Because be is the Son of man - The phrase “Son of man” here seems to be used in the sense of “because he is a man,” or because he has human nature. The term is one which Jesus often gives to himself, to show his union with man and his interest in man. See the notes at Matthew 8:19-20. It is to be remarked here that the word “son” does not have the article before it in the original: Because he is A son of man - that is, because he is a man. It would seem from this that there is a propriety that one in our nature should judge us. What this propriety is we do not certainly know. It may be:

1. Because one who has experienced our infirmities, and who possesses our nature, may be supposed by those “who are judged” to be better qualified than one in a different nature.
2. Because he is to decide between “man” and “God,” and it is proper that our feelings, and nature, and views should be represented in the judge, as well as those of God.
3. Because Jesus has all the feelings of compassion we could ask - all the benevolence we could desire in a judge; because he has ShowN his disposition to defend us by giving his life, and it can never be alleged by those who are condemned that their judge was a distant, cold, and unfriendly being.

Some have supposed that the expression “Son of man” here means the same as “Messiah” (see Daniel 7:13-14), and that the meaning is that God hath made him judge because he was the Messiah. Some of the ancient versions and fathers connected this with the following verse, thus: “Marvel not because I am a man, or because this great work is committed to a man apparently in humble life. You shall see greater things than these.” Thus, the Syriac version reads it, and Chrysostom, Theophylact, and some others among the fathers.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 27. Because he is the Son of man. — Because he is the Messiah; for in this sense the phrase, Son of man, is often to be understood. But some join this to the next verse thus:- Marvel not at this, because he is the Son of man.