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Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:22

The Father judgeth no man - This confirms what he had said before, John 5:17 , John 5:19 , that the Father acts not without the Son, nor the Son without the Father; their acts are common, their power equal. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:23

That all men should honor the Son, etc. - If then the Son is to be honored, Even As the Father is honored, then the Son must be God, as receiving that worship which belongs to God alone. To worship any creature is idolatry: Christ is to be honored even as the Father is honored; therefore Christ is not a creature; and, if not a creature, consequently the Creator. See John 1:3 . He that honoureth not the Son - God will not receive that man's adoration who refuses to honor Jesus, even as... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:24

He that heareth my word - My doctrine - and believeth on him that sent me - he who credits my Divine mission, that I am come to give light and life to the world by my doctrine and death - hath eternal life - the seed of this life is sown in his heart the moment he believes - and shall not come into condemnation, εις κρισιν , into judgment - that which will speedily come on this unbelieving race; and that which shall overwhelm the wicked in the great day. But is passed from death unto... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:25

The dead shall hear the voice - Three kinds of death are mentioned in the Scriptures: natural, spiritual, and eternal. The first consists in the separation of the body and soul. The second in the separation of God and the soul. The third in the separation of body and soul from God in the other world. Answerable to these three kinds of death, there is a threefold life: Natural life, which consists in the union of the soul and body. Spiritual life, which consists in the union of God and the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:26

Hath he given to the Son to have life, etc. - Here our Lord speaks of himself in his character of Messiah, or envoy of God. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:27

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. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:28

Marvel not at this - I think it quite necessary to follow here, as noted above, the punctuation of both the Syriac, the Armenian, Chrysostom, Damascenus, Theophylact, Euthymius, and others; which is found also in some very good MSS. Theophylact says that the common method of reading this, which he highly objects to, was the invention of Paul of Samosata. In John 5:26 , John 5:27 , our Lord, speaking of himself as envoy of God, said, the Father had given him to have life in himself, so... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:22

Verse 22 22.For the Father judgeth no man. He now states more clearly the general truth, that the Father governs the world in the person of the Son, and exercises dominion by his hand; for the Evangelist employs the word judgment, agreeably to the idiom of the Hebrew language, as denoting authority and power We now perceive the amount of what is stated here, that the Father hath given to the Son a kingdom, that he may govern heaven and earth according to his pleasure. But this might appear to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:23

Verse 23 23.That all men may honor the Son. This clause sufficiently confirms the suggestion which I threw out a little ago, that when it is said that God reigns in the person of Christ, this does not mean that he reposes in heaven, as indolent kings are wont to do, but because in Christ he manifests his power and shows himself to be present. For what else is the meaning of these words, that all men may honor the Son, but that the Father wishes to be acknowledged and worshipped in the Son? Our... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:24

Verse 24 24.He that heareth my word. Here is described the way and manner of honoring God, that no one may think that it consists solely in any outward performance, or in frivolous ceremonies. For the doctrine of the Gospel seems as a scepter to Christ, by which he governs believers whom the Father has made his subjects. And this definition is eminently worthy of notice. Nothing is more common than a false profession of Christianity; for even the Papists, who are most inveterate enemies of... read more

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