Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 5:26
He hath given to the Son — By eternal generation, to have life in himself — Absolute, independent.
He hath given to the Son — By eternal generation, to have life in himself — Absolute, independent.
Verse 26. _HATH HE GIVEN TO THE SON TO HAVE LIFE_, c.] Here our Lord speaks of himself in his character of Messiah, or envoy of God....
AS THE FATHER HATH LIFE - God is the source of all life. He is thence called the living God, in opposition to idols which have no life. Acts 14:15; “we preach unto you that ye should turn from these v...
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...
SON OF MAN. These verses affirm that God has not only given to the Son to have life in himself, or to be. fountain of life, but has also made him, the judge of mankind, BECAUSE HE IS THE SON OF MAN,...
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...
This is the truth I tell you--the hour is coming and now is when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and, when they have heard, they will live. For, as the Father has life in himself, so h...
MAN'S HELPLESSNESS AND CHRIST'S POWER (John 5:1-9)...
AS. even as. Greek. _hosper._ HATH HE GIVEN. He gave (in eternity past)....
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...
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:...
_so hath he given to the Son_ Better, _so_ GAVE HE ALSO _to the Son_. Comp. -the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father" (John 6:57). The Father is the absolutely living One, the Fount o...
_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 PREROGATIVES AND POWERS OF THE SON OF GOD...
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...
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_....
26. _So_ GAVE HE ALSO _to the Son_. Comp. ‘the living Father sent Me, and I live by the Father’ (John 6:57). The Father is the absolutely living One, the Fount of all Life. The Messiah, however, impar...
THE DISCOURSE ON THE SON AS THE SOURCE OF LIFE...
VER 25. VERILY, VERILY, I SAY TO YOU, 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. 26. FOR AS THE FATHER HAS LIFE IN HIMSELF; SO...
_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,...
ΏΣΠΕΡ... ΟΎΤΩΣ "подобно тому, как... так же и..."; это сравнение Отца и Сына, ΈΔΩΚΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать, ΈΧΕΙΝ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь. _Inf._ в роли дополнени...
FOR AS THE FATHER HATH LIFE, &C.— "For as the Father is the Fountain of life, who has it necessarily and in the most perfect manner in himself, and communicates it to all the living; so in the dispens...
POWERS INHERENT IN THAT DEITY _Text 5:24-29_ 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath pa...
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 as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; FOR AS THE FATHER HATH LIFE IN HIMSELF, SO HATH HE GIVEN, [ edooken (G1325 ), OR 'GAVE HE'] TO THE SON T...
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...
The Father is the fountain of life even within the Godhead. From Him the Son is begotten, and the Spirit proceeds....
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...
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...
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...
The 26th verse partly explains the apparent impossibility. ὥσπερ γὰρ … ἔχειν ἐν ἑαυτῷ. “The particles mark the _fact_ of the gift and not the _degrees_ of it” (Westcott). As the Father has in Himself,...
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...
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.”...
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....
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...
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...
First phase: the _spiritual_ resurrection and _moral_ judgment of humanity by the Son....
VER. 26. “ _For, as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he also given to the Son to have life in himself._ ” The emphasis is on the twice-repeated words ἐν ἐαυτῷ (_in himself_), which terminate t...
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...
26._For as the Father hath life in himself. _He shows whence his voice derives such efficacy; namely, that he is the fountain of_life, _and by his voice pours it out on men; for _life _would not flow...
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 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,...
For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; Ver. 26. _So hath he given to the Son_] What wonder, then, if faith, apprehending the infinite fountain of...
_Verily, he that heareth my word, &c., hath everlasting life_ Such a person is already entitled to it, yea, it is already begun in his soul, and he shall shortly possess it in its full perfection: _an...
GIVEN TO THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF; here the Saviour brings to view both his oneness with the Father in nature, and his subordination to him in office. To have life in himself, with the power of...
The greater miracles:...
FOR AS THE FATHER HATH LIFE IN HIMSELF, SO HATH HE GIVEN TO THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF;...
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...
24-29 Our Lord declared his authority and character, as the Messiah. The time was come when the dead should hear his voice, as the Son of God, and live. Our Lord first refers to his raising those who...
How the eternal Father _hath life in himself, _ is obvious to every capacity; for he is the First Mover, and therefore must have his life in and from himself, and not from any other; and he is the Fir...
A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity when man cannot do works like to the heavenly operations of God? If Christ is only man, how is it that "even as the Father hath life in Himself, so hath...
John 5:26 For G1063 as G5618 Father G3962 has G2192 (G5719) life G2222 in G1722 Himself G1438 so...
“For as the Father has life in himself, so has he granted the Son also to have life in himself.” And the life that He is now offering has its source not only in the Father but in Himself, for He and...
THE SON HAS THE POWER TO OFFER EVERLASTING LIFE NOW (JOHN 5:24). He now goes on to reveal His uniqueness by the fact that He can both give men eternal life now, and will be responsible both for man's...
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 5:26. FOR EVEN AS THE FATHER HATH LIFE IN HIMSELF; SO GAVE HE TO THE SON ALSO TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF. The dead shall hear the voice of the Son and live, for the Son hath life and can impart life...
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...
IN HIMSELF (εν εαυτω). The Living God possesses life wholly in himself and so he has bestowed this power of life to the Son as already stated in the Prologue of the Logos (John 1:3). For "gave" (εδω...
John 5:24. _Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life,_ If we truly believe the word of Christ, and trust in him who sent his S...
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...
WHEN THE DEAD WILL HEAR THE VOICE. The spiritually dead, such as the man in John 5:5. But this means the resurrection as well, as Jesus says in John 5:28. BECAUSE HE IS THE SON OF MAN. Jesus is THE So...
_The hour is coming and now is when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God._ THE SPIRITUAL RESURRECTION I. Its SUBJECTS. The spiritually dead, in trespasses and sins. To have life we “must...
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....
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 5:26 God THE FATHER was never created and was never given his life by anyone else. He HAS LIFE IN HIMSELF, so he can give that life to others. The Son also has LIFE IN HIMSELF a
_For as the Father_, &c. _To have life in Himself_ signifies three things. 1. To have life from Himself and from His own Essence, and from no other source. For the Essence of God is life, and His life...
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...
_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 Corinthians 15:45; 1 John 1:1; 1 Timothy 1:17; 1 Timothy 6:16;...
As - so [ω σ π ε ρ - ο υ τ ω ς]. The correspondence is that of fact, not of degree. Hath he given [ε δ ω κ ε ν]. Rev., more strictly, gave, the aorist tense pointing back to the eternal past....