Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)
John 5:20
Showeth him all things; makes him partaker of all his counsels, as well as acts with him in all his works.
Greater works than these; the works referred to in the following verses.
Showeth him all things; makes him partaker of all his counsels, as well as acts with him in all his works.
Greater works than these; the works referred to in the following verses.
Verse John 5:20. _GREATER WORKS THAN THESE_] Two of these he immediately mentions: _Raising the dead_, John 5:21. And _judging the world_, John 5:22. _THAT YE MAY MARVEL._] Or, _So as to make you wo...
THE FATHER LOVETH THE SON - This authority he traces to the love which the Father has for him - that special, ineffable, infinite love which God has for his only-begotten Son, feebly and dimly illustr...
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...
HE WILL SHOW HIM GREATER WORKS THAN THESE. The miracle of healing that has just occurred shall be followed by greater works which, on account of the love of the Father, the Son will be permitted to d...
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 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...
MAN'S HELPLESSNESS AND CHRIST'S POWER (John 5:1-9)...
LOVETH. Greek _phileo._ One of the characteristic words of this Gospel. See page 1511, and App-135. WORKS. See note on John 4:34. THAT. in order that. Greek. _Nina._...
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...
_Intimacy of the Son with the Father further enforced_....
_For the Father loveth the Son_ Moral necessity for the Son's doing what the Father does. The Father's love for the Son compels Him to make known all His works to Him; the Son's relation to the Father...
THE PREROGATIVES AND POWERS OF THE SON OF GOD...
THE DISCOURSE ON THE SON AS THE SOURCE OF LIFE...
19, 20. _Intimacy of the Son with the Father further enforced_....
Ὁ ΓᾺΡ Π. Moral necessity for the Son’s doing what the Father does. The Father’s love for the Son compels Him to make known all His works to Him; the Son’s relation to the Father compels Him to do what...
VER 19. THEN ANSWERED JESUS AND SAID TO THEM, VERILY, VERILY, I SAY TO YOU, THE SON CAN DO NOTHING OF HIMSELF, BUT WHAT HE SEES THE FATHER DO: FOR WHAT THINGS SOEVER HE DOES, THESE ALSO DOES THE SON L...
_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,...
ΓΆΡ (G1063) ибо. Объясняет, как Сын может выполнить волю Отца (Carson), ΦΙΛΕΪ́ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΦΙΛΈΩ (G5368) любить; из первоначального значения "обращаться с кем-л. как с родным" развилось зн...
SHEWETH HIM— The word δεικνυσιν, rendered _sheweth,_ has a reference here to the ample, comprehensive, and infinite knowledge which the Son has of the whole plan of the Father's counsels in all their...
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 loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. FOR THE FATHER LOVETH THE SON. The word here for "lo...
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...
5:20 loves (a-4) _ Phileo_ , not as ch. 3.35. see Notes, chs. 11.3 and 21.15....
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...
LOVETH THE SON] Hence God is love (1 John 4:8) from eternity. GREATER WORKS] something greater than miracles; the giving of new life to those dead in sins (see John 5:21; John 5:24)....
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 LOVETH THE SON. — Do men deny His divinity? God is His Father. There is, therefore, oneness of essence. The unity of His work with God’s work has for its basis the Eternal Love, which s...
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...
And the Son is enabled to see what the Father does, because He loves the Son and shows Him all that He Himself does. The Father is not passive in the matter, merely allowing Jesus to discover what He...
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...
_Greater works than these will he (the Father) shew him, &c. These words may also, with Maldonatus be expounded of Christ, as man; but the ancient interpreters understand them of Christ, as God, in th...
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.”...
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...
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....
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...
VER. 20. The relation of the Father to the Son: _For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that he himself doeth, and he will show him greater works than these, that ye may marvel._ ”...
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...
20._For the Father loveth the Son. _Every body sees how harsh and far-fetched is the exposition of this passage which is given by the Fathers. “God,” they say, “loves himself in the Son.” But this sta...
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 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 e...
For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. Ver. 20. _For the Father loveth the Son_] This noteth...
_Jesus answered_ “By _the Jews_, who in the preceding verses are said to have persecuted Jesus, we are to understand the rulers, as appears from John 5:33, where Jesus, speaking to the persons who sou...
FOR THE FATHER LOVETH THE SON, AND SHOWETH HIM ALL THINGS THAT HIMSELF DOETH; AND HE WILL SHOW HIM GREATER WORKS THAN THESE, THAT YE MAY MARVEL. The hostile attitude of the Jews and their murderous th...
THE RELATION BETWEEN THE FATHER AND THE SON. Jesus gives the Jews an answer:...
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,...
FOR THE FATHER LOVETH THE SON; both as his Son by eternal generation, MATTHEW 3:17, and also as the Messiah sent by him into the world, to finish the work the Father had given him to do: and look, as...
John 5:20 For G1063 Father G3962 loves G5368 (G5719) Son G5207 and G2532 shows G1166 (G5719) Him...
‘Jesus answered and said to them, “In very truth I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does the Son does in the same way. For the Fat...
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,...
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...
John 5:20. FOR THE FATHER LOVETH THE SON, AND SHEWETH HIM ALL THINGS THAT HIMSELF DOETH. The relation of the Son's acts to those of the Father has been connected with the figure of ‘seeing:' the conve...
LOVETH (φιλε). In John 3:35 we have αγαπα from αγαπαω, evidently one verb expressing as noble a love as the other. Sometimes a distinction (John 21:17) is made, but not here, unless φιλεω presents t...
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...
19-21. SO JESUS ANSWERED THEM. He answers their charge of blasphemy by showing there is the closest cooperation between the Father and the Son. THE SON DOES NOTHING ON HIS OWN. This is said directly a...
_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 5:20 The Father shows Jesus ALL THAT HE HIMSELF IS DOING. Jesus sees God’s hand and purpose in every event in this world. The GREATER WORKS include the raising of the dead ...
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...
_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...
2 Peter 1:17; John 1:18; John 10:32; John 12:45; John 15:15;...
Loveth [φ ι λ ε ι]. To love is expressed by two words in the New Testament, filew and ajgapaw. Agapaw indicates a reasoning, discriminating attachment, founded in the conviction that its object is wor...
The Father showeth him all things that himself doth — A proof of the most intimate unity. And he will show him — By doing them. At the same time (not at different times) the Father showeth and doth, a...
The second argument which our Saviour produces to prove his unity in nature, and equality in operation with the Father, is drawn from that special love which the Father beareth to the Son: which incli...