John 5:8-32 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:19

Then answered Jesus, and said unto them ,.... They charged him with blasphemy for calling God his Father, and making himself equal to him: and his answer is so far from denying the thing, or observing any mistake, or misrepresentation of his words, that he allows the whole, and vindicates himself in so saying: verily verily, I say unto you ; nothing is more certain; it may be depended on as truth; I who am truth itself, the "Amen", and faithful witness, aver it with the greatest... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:20

For the Father loveth the Son ,.... As being his Son, his image, the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person; as being of the same nature, and having the same perfections, and so equal to him; See Gill on John 3:35 ; and showeth him all things that himself doth ; not as if he was ignorant of them, since he lies in the bosom of his Father, is the wisdom of God, is the omniscient God, that knows all things; not only all things in men, but all things in God, even the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:21

For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them ,.... Which may be understood either spiritually of raising dead sinners from the death of sin, to a life of grace and holiness; and the rather, because it is expressed in the present tense "raiseth", and not "hath raised"; or naturally of raising those that are dead in a corporeal sense, and quickening them, as the widow of Sarepta's son by Elijah, and the Shunamite's son by Elisha: even so the Son quickeneth whom he will ; both... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:22

For the Father judgeth no man ,.... That is, without the Son; which is another proof of their equality: for that he does judge is certain; he is the Judge of the whole earth; he is God that judgeth in the earth, or governs the world with his Son, who works together in the affairs of providence: he judged and condemned the old world, but not without his Son, who by his Spirit, or in his divine nature, went and preached to the spirits now in prison, then disobedient in the times of Noah; he... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:23

That all men should honour the Son ,.... This is the end of all judgment, and the exercise of all authority, and power being committed to him; namely, that he might have the honour given him by men that is due unto him: even as they honour the Father ; that the same honour and glory may be given to the one, as to the other, which must never have been done was he not equal with him, since he gives not his glory to another, Isaiah 42:8 . Indeed, all men do not honour the Father as they... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:24

Verily verily, I say unto you ,.... Who am the Amen, the true and faithful witness: he that heareth my word ; by which is meant the Gospel, and is so called, both because it is spoken by Christ, and first began to be spoken by him; and because he is spoken of in it; his person, office, and work, peace, pardon, righteousness, life, and salvation by him, being the sum and substance of it: and by "hearing" it is meant, not a bare external hearing it; for so it may be heard, and not... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:25

Verily, verily, I say unto you ,.... With the same asseveration as before, and for the further illustration and confirmation of the same thing, occasioned by the last clause of the preceding verse, as well as improving upon the argument in John 5:21 for his equality with the Father, which he is still pursuing: the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that hear shall live ; which may be understood either of a corporeal resurrection,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:26

For as the Father hath life in himself ,.... Is the living God, the fountain of life, and is the author of life to all living creatures; or rather has eternal life in his mind, his heart, his counsel, and his covenant, and in his hands, for all his chosen ones, which seems to he the peculiar sense here: so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself ; he hath not only made the purpose of it in him, and given the promise of it to him; but even eternal life itself, he has put into his... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:27

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... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:28

Marvel not at this ,.... Either at the cure of the man that had been diseased thirty and eight years, as some think; or at the Son of God being also the son of man, as the Syriac version suggests; or rather at the dead hearing the voice of the Son of God, and living upon it; and at his having authority to execute judgment upon all, to govern and defend his own church and people, and in the last day acquit them, and to take vengeance on his and their enemies, both now and hereafter: for... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:28

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