John 5:20
18 Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
19 So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.
21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
22 Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
- ASV
- For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and greater works than these will he show him, that ye may marvel.
- DARBY
- For the Father loves the Son and shews him all things which he himself does; and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may wonder.
- BLB
- For the Father loves the Son and shows Him all things that He Himself does. And He will show Him greater works than these, so that you⁺ may marvel.
- ÅB
- for Faren elsker Sønnen, og viser ham alt det han selv gjør; og han skal vise ham større gjerninger enn disse, for at dere skal undre dere.
- OTB
- For Faderen elsker Sønnen og viser ham alt han gjør. Han vil vise ham enda større gjerninger enn disse, så dere vil bli forundret.
- B1930
- for Faderen elsker Sønnen, og viser ham alt det han selv gjør; og han skal vise ham større gjerninger enn disse, forat I skal undre eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 3:35
The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
Read in contextMatthew 3:17
And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
Read in contextProverbs 8:22–31
The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
Read in context2 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.”
Read in contextJohn 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.
Read in contextJohn 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.”
Read in contextMatthew 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!”
Read in contextMatthew 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.
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