Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 5:22
For neither doth the Father judge — Not without the Son: but he doth judge by that man whom he hath ordained, Acts 17:31.
For neither doth the Father judge — Not without the Son: but he doth judge by that man whom he hath ordained, Acts 17:31.
Verse 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,...
JUDGETH NO MAN - Jesus in these verses is showing his “equality with God.” He affirmed John 5:17 that he had the same power over the Sabbath that his Father had; in John 5:19, that he did the same thi...
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Healing of the Impotent Man. (John 5:1 .)_ 2. The Opposition of the Jews. (John 5:10 .) 3. His Unity with the Father. (John 5:19 .) 4. The Present Hour. Believers Delivered from...
THE SON'S DEPENDENCE ON THE FATHER. JUDGMENT AND LIFEGIVING. To the charge of blasphemy He answers that a son can only do what he has learned to do by watching his father, who out of love shows him ho...
HATH COMMITTED ALL JUDGMENT TO THE SON. In the 20th, 21st and 22d verses are given three proofs of the exaltation of the Son, all introduced by "for." The Son is loved of the Father, shall quicken th...
MAN'S HELPLESSNESS AND CHRIST'S POWER (John 5:1-9)...
For as the Father raises the dead and makes them alive, so the Son also makes alive those whom he wishes. Neither does the Father judge anyone, but he has given the whole process of judging to the Son...
This is the truth I tell you--the Son cannot do anything which proceeds from himself. He can only do what he sees the Father doing. In whatever way the Father acts, the Son likewise acts in the same w...
FOR... NO MAN. For not even... any ONE. Greek. _oude oudeis._. double negative. JUDGETH. One of the characteristic words of this Gospel. See App-122 and the Characteristic Words chart for John book...
_The intimacy of the Son with the Father proved by the twofold power committed to the Son_(a) _of communicating spiritual life_, (b) _of causing the bodily resurrection of the dead_....
The Father imparts to the Son the power of raising the spiritually dead. It is very important to notice that -raising the dead" in this section is _figurative_; raising from moral and spiritual death:...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
_For the Father judgeth no man_ Rather, _For_ NOT EVEN DOTH THE FATHER (to Whom judgment belongs) JUDGE ANY _man_. The Son therefore has both powers, to make alive whom He will, and to judge: but the...
THE PREROGATIVES AND POWERS OF THE SON OF GOD...
ΟΥ̓ΔῈ ΓᾺΡ Ὁ Π. _For_ NOT EVEN DOTH THE FATHER (to Whom judgment belongs) JUDGE ANY _man_. The Son therefore has both powers, to make alive whom He will, and to judge: but the second is only the coroll...
21–29. _The intimacy of the Son with the Father proved by the twofold power committed to the Son_ (a) _of communicating spiritual life_, (b) _of causing the bodily resurrection of the dead_....
21–27. The Father imparts to the Son the power of raising the spiritually dead. It is very important to notice that ‘raising the dead’ in this section is _figurative_; raising from moral and spiritual...
THE DISCOURSE ON THE SON AS THE SOURCE OF LIFE...
VER 21. FOR AS THE FATHER RAISES UP THE DEAD, AND QUICKENS THEM; EVEN SO THE SON QUICKENS WHOM HE WILL. 22. FOR THE FATHER JUDGES NO MAN, BUT HAS COMMITTED ALL JUDGMENT TO THE SON: 23. THAT ALL MEN SH...
_THE AUTHORITY OF THE SON OF GOD -- JOHN 5:19-30:_ In a lengthy reply to the Jews Jesus gave proof of His deity and ministry. Jesus declared that the Son can do nothing on His own. As the Son of God,...
ΔΈΔΩΚΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать; в _знач._ наделять властью. Терминативный perf. подчеркивает настоящие результаты власти, которую Сын имеет благодаря действиям Отца в прошлом....
DISCOURSE: 1626 CHRIST’S VINDICATION OF HIS OWN DIVINE CHARACTER John 5:21. _As the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. For the Father judgeth no...
FOR AS THE FATHER RAISETH UP THE DEAD,— "You have now seen the cure of one who had been long disabled by a disease; but I have not yet raised any from the dead: however, you shall quickly see that it...
THE DEITY STATED _Text 5:19-23_ 19 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what thing...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 5:16-30 We present our customary Analysis of the passage which is to be before us. It sets forth the absolute equality of the Son with the Father:— There is an...
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: FOR THE FATHER JUDGETH NO MAN, [ oude (G3761) gar (G1063) ho (G3588) pateer ...
10 The day on which the cure was effected indicates that its fulfillment will find place in that great sabbatism that remains for God's people of the Circumcision (Heb_4:9). As a pallet was a mere bun...
BETHESDA. CHRIST AND THE SABBATH 1-47. A miracle at the Pool of Bethesda on the Sabbath Day, and a controversy arising therefrom. This miracle may be regarded as a parable illustrating the deadly effe...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 5 JESUS CURES A SICK MAN 5:1-15 V1 After this, Jesus went to *Jerusalem for another *Jewish *festival. V2 There was a p...
FOR THE FATHER JUDGETH NO MAN. — Better, _For not even doth the Father judge any man;_ and if not the Father, to whom judgment belongs, then none other but the Son to whom He hath committed all judgme...
CHAPTER 13 JESUS LIFE-GIVER AND JUDGE. “The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole. And for this cause did the Jews persecute Jesus, because He did these things o...
But not only does the Son quicken whom He will, but He also judges; οὐδὲ γὰρ … υἱῷ. “For not even does the Father judge any one, but has given all judgment to the Son.” “For since He knows Himself to...
THE FATHER WORKING THROUGH THE SON John 5:19-29 The relationship of our Lord to the Father was such that He felt Himself competent to fulfill all the functions of the Divine Being. Is it God's prerog...
It was at this time that the conflict between Christ and His enemies, which culminated in His Cross began. A miracle wrought on the Sabbath gave rise to this first outbreak. Throughout this chapter we...
For the Father (g) judgeth (h) no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: (g) This word "judgeth" is taken by the figure of speech synecdoche to represent all governing. (h) These words ar...
Neither doth the Father judge any man. It is certain that God is the Judge of all, by divers places of the holy Scriptures; and to judge, belongs both to the Father and to the Son, as they are the sam...
CHAPTER 13 THE POOL OF BETHESDA John 5:1-47. _“After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.”_ You always find the phraseology in the Bible, _“Go up to Jerusalem.”...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. XXVIII. Vv. 19-29. 1. The reference in John 5:19 ff., to the union between the Son and the Father is to the complete union in working, which is founded upon...
“ _For also the Father judgeth no man; but he hath committed all power of judging unto the Son_, 23, _to the end that all may honor the Son as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honor...
SECOND PART: THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNBELIEF IN ISRAEL. 5:1- 12:50. UP to this point, decided faith and unbelief have been only exceptional phenomena; the masses have remained in a state of passive indiff...
II. THE DISCOURSE OF JESUS: JOHN 5:17-47. In this discourse which is designed to vindicate the act which He has just performed, the three following thoughts are developed: 1. Jesus justifies His work...
FIRST SECTION: 5:1-47. FIRST OUTBREAK OF HATRED IN JUDEA. 1. The miracle, occasion of the conflict: John 5:1-16; John 2. The discourse of Jesus, commentary and defense of the miracle: John 5:17-47....
The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole. (16) And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
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 emp...
chapter 5 contrasts the quickening power of Christ, the power and the right of giving life to the dead, with the powerlessness of legal ordinances. They required strength in the person that was to pro...
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...
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: Ver. 22. _The Father judgeth no man_] viz. The Father alone, but by the Son, to whom all judicatory power is committed....
_For as the Father raiseth up the dead_, &c. Here he declares what are those greater works, namely, raising the dead and judging the world. These two, quickening and judging, are proposed, John 5:21....
THE FATHER JUDGETH NO MAN; in the scheme of redemption, the Son was to be the final judge of men, the author of their resurrection from the dead, and of their eternal life in heaven. This was, "that a...
The greater miracles:...
FOR THE FATHER JUDGETH NO MAN, BUT HATH COMMITTED ALL JUDGMENT UNTO THE SON,...
AGAIN IN JERUSALEM: THE POOL OF BETHESDA (vs.1-15) Once more we find the Lord Jesus visiting Jerusalem, and as in Chapter 2:13 the feast is called "the Jews' Passover" rather than the Passover of Jeh...
17-23 The Divine power of the miracle proved Jesus to be the Son of God, and he declared that he worked with, and like unto his Father, as he saw good. These ancient enemies of Christ understood him,...
Alone he judgeth no man, he judgeth no man but by the Son, no man without the Son; but committed all judgment in the administration of the mediatory kingdom in the church to his Son, and by his Son wi...
Tertullian Against Praxeas "The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment to the Son"[198] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews Likewise according to John: ...
John 5:22 For G1063 G3761 Father G3962 judges G2919 (G5719) one G3762 but G235 committed G1325 ...
“For neither does the Father judge any man, but he has given all judgment to the Son.” And this is not in any secondary way, for He will also be the One Who passes the judgment which determines the ma...
JESUS CONFIRMS THEIR VIEW OF HIS EQUALITY WITH GOD AND POINTS TO THE RESURRECTION (JOHN 5:19). Jesus now expands on His claim to be co-equal with the Father. He does not want them to be in any doubt,...
John 5:22. FOR MOREOVER THE FATHER JUDGETH NO ONE, BUT HATH GIVEN ALL JUDGMENT UNTO THE SON. This verse must be taken in connection with John 5:19, ‘The Son can of Himself do nothing save what He seet...
The performance of the miracle of healing on the sabbath had roused the active opposition of the Jews to Jesus, and that again had led to the great declaration contained in John 5:17, in which Jesus a...
HE HATH GIVEN ALL JUDGEMENT UNTO THE SON (την κρισιν πασαν δεδωκεν τω υιω). Perfect active indicative of διδωμ, state of completion (as in John 3:35; John 6:27; John 6:29;...
John 5:1. _After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem._ For he had respect to the Law. As long as the Law lasted, Christ observed it. Oh, that we were as careful to obey...
CONTENTS: Healing of the man at the pool of Bethesda. Jesus answers the Jews. The four-fold witness to Jesus. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, infirm man, John the Baptist, Moses. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ, th...
John 5:2. _Now there is at Jerusalem a pool, called Bethesda,_ which signifies a house of mercy, beneficence, or alms. The pool was situate at too great a distance from the temple to be a place for wa...
SO THAT ALL WILL HONOR THE SON. God has placed "judgment" in the hands of Christ. The Son who speaks and acts by the Father's authority is to be honored. WHOEVER DOES NOT HONOR THE SON. To reject Jesu...
_The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He seeth the Father do_ THE UNITY OF THE FATHER AND THE SON The Jews sought to kill Jesus in obedience to the law (1) because He wrought a miracle on th...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 5:22 THE FATHER... HAS GIVEN ALL JUDGMENT TO THE SON. Another claim to deity, since only God has the right to render final judgment (e.g.,...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 5:1 Chapters John 5:1 tell of escalating conflict between Jesus and the Jewish authorities. As Jesus defends his ministry, he cites several major witnesses on his behalf....
1-47 CHAPTER 5 _After these things,_ &c. Observe, John here omits many things which Christ did in Galilee, but which Matthew records from the 4th to the 12th chapter of his Gospel. For what Matthew...
_For neither doth the Father judge_, &c. The Arabic omits _for_, but the Greek has it, and appositely. For this is the second reason by which Christ proves that He is God, and the second _greater work...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 5:19. THE SON CAN DO NOTHING OF HIMSELF.—This statement refers back to and justifies that of John 5:17. He is still speaking of the eternal relation in which He s...
EXPOSITION Here commences the second division of the Gospel (John 5:1) II. THE CONFLICT WITH THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM, GALILEE, AND JERUSALEM, TO THE
Shall we turn in our Bibles to the fifth chapter of the gospel of John. John has just recorded in the fourth chapter the ministry of Jesus in the Galilee when He was at the city of Cana and the noblem...
1 Peter 4:5; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 2 Thessalonians 1:7; 2 Timothy 4:1;...
For the Father [ο υ δ ε γ α ρ ο π α τ η ρ]. The A. V. misses the climax in ouJude; not even the Father, who might be expected to be judge. Hath committed [δ ε δ ω κ ε ν]. Rev., given. The habitual wor...
A fourth instance of Christ's godhead, and proof of his equality with the Father, is, That it is his work to judge the world: THE FATHER, says Christ, JUDGES NO MAN: that is, no man without me, but al...