Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. New Living Translation The Father has life in himself, and he has granted that same life-giving power to his Son. English Standard Version For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. Berean Standard Bible For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself. Berean Literal Bible For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He gave to the Son to have life in Himself. King James Bible For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; New King James Version For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself, New American Standard Bible For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; NASB 1995 “For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; NASB 1977 “For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; Legacy Standard Bible For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; Amplified Bible 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]. Christian Standard Bible For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he has granted to the Son to have life in himself. Holman Christian Standard Bible For just as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted to the Son to have life in Himself. American Standard Version For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself: Aramaic Bible in Plain English For just as The Father has The Life in himself, so he has given also to The Son to have The Life in himself. Contemporary English Version The Father has the power to give life, and he has given that same power to the Son. Douay-Rheims Bible For as the Father hath life in himself, so he hath given the Son also to have life in himself: English Revised Version For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself: GOD'S WORD® Translation The Father is the source of life, and he has enabled the Son to be the source of life too. Good News Translation Just as the Father is himself the source of life, in the same way he has made his Son to be the source of life. International Standard Version Just as the Father has life in himself, so also he has granted the Son to have life in himself, Literal Standard Version for as the Father has life in Himself, so He gave also to the Son to have life in Himself, Majority Standard Bible For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself. New American Bible For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to his Son the possession of life in himself. NET Bible For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself, New Revised Standard Version For just as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself; New Heart English Bible For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself. Webster's Bible Translation For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; Weymouth New Testament For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has also given to the Son to have life in Himself. World English Bible For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself. Young's Literal Translation for, as the Father hath life in himself, so He gave also to the Son to have life in himself, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Father and the Son…25Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 26For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself. 27And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.… Cross References John 1:4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. John 6:57 Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me. John 10:18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father." John 11:25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. Hebrews 1:2 But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. Treasury of Scripture For as the Father has life in himself; so has he given to the Son to have life in himself; hath life. Exodus 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. Psalm 36:9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light. Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. so hath. John 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. John 4:10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. John 7:37,38 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink… Jump to Previous Granted LifeJump to Next Granted LifeJohn 5 1. Jesus on the Sabbath day cures him who was diseased thirty-eight years.10. The Jews therefore object, and persecute him for it. 17. He answers for himself, and reproves them, showing by the testimony of his Father, 31. of John, 36. of his works, 39. and of the Scriptures, who he is. (26) Hath he given to the Son.--Better, gave He to the Son also. Life in himself.--The Son has spoken of the dead hearing His voice and living, but this giving of life to others can only be by one who has in himself an original source of life. This the Father has, and this the Son also has. To the Son in His pre-existent state it was natural, as being equal with the Father. To the Son who had emptied Himself of the exercise of the attributes which constituted the glory of that state (comp. again Philippians 2:6 et seq.), it was part of the Father's gift by which He exalted Him exceedingly, and gave Him the name which is above every name. It was, then, a gift in time to One who had possessed it before all time, and for the purposes of the mediatorial work had relinquished it. It was a gift, not to the Eternal Son, but to the Incarnate Word. Verse 26. - This verse, introduced by γὰρ, shows that the statement about to follow will sustain some portion of the previous one. Which portion? As it seems to me, the coming clause justifies the alteration of the term "the Son" into "the Son of God;" and declares, more fully than any other passage in the New Testament, the lofty and unique character of the Sonship which he claimed. For even as the Father hath life in himself - the sublime assumption of the self-existence and eternal being of the Father, the absolute Possessor of life per se, the Source ultimate and efficient of all that is connoted by life, the eternal Fountain of life - in like manner also he gave to the Son to have Life in himself. "He generated," as Augustine has it, "such a Son who should have life in himself, not as a participator in life, but one who should be as he himself is - Life itself." It is the bona fide expression of community of nature, attribute, quality, and possession of Godhead. In virtue of this utterance, the evangelist, learning from the consciousness of Christ through long years of meditation, under the power of the Spirit, eventually formulated the doctrine of the prologue, "In him was life." "The Son," or the God-Man, is, so far as this Sonship is concerned, the veritable Son of God with such a fulness of life power and such a fountain of life flowing from him, that his voice is the voice of the Eternal Son. This is the primary meaning, though since the Lord returned to his use of the word "the Son," and since the word "gave" is also employed to denote the stupendous conception, there is also involved in it the declaration that the God-Man, seeing he is both Son of God and Son of man, is endowed with all the functions of both. In his incarnation he has not lost the infinite fulness of life giving power. "He quickeneth whom he will," having life in himself. His voice is the voice of the Son of God. The glory of the Word who became flesh was the glory of the Only Begotten. The part which this great passage took in the Arian controversy is well known (see Athanasius, 'Discourses against Arians,' 3:3, translated by J.H. Newman). Archdeacon Watkins emphasizes the position that the Lord here speaks of "life in himself," which was given to the Son (God-Man) in virtue of, and as the reward of his sacrificial work. He points to Philippians 2:6, etc. But Jesus here speaks of a gift already made.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Forγὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. as ὥσπερ (hōsper) Adverb Strong's 5618: Just as, as, even as. From hos and per; just as, i.e. Exactly like. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Father Πατὴρ (Patēr) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. has ἔχει (echei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. life ζωὴν (zōēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 2222: Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. Himself, ἑαυτῷ (heautō) Reflexive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1438: Himself, herself, itself. so οὕτως (houtōs) Adverb Strong's 3779: Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows). also καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. He has granted ἔδωκεν (edōken) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1325: To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give. the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Son Υἱῷ (Huiō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship. to have ἔχειν (echein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. life ζωὴν (zōēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 2222: Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. Himself. ἑαυτῷ (heautō) Reflexive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1438: Himself, herself, itself. Links John 5:26 NIVJohn 5:26 NLT John 5:26 ESV John 5:26 NASB John 5:26 KJV John 5:26 BibleApps.com John 5:26 Biblia Paralela John 5:26 Chinese Bible John 5:26 French Bible John 5:26 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: John 5:26 For as the Father has life (Jhn Jo Jn) |
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