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Verse John 5:19. _THE SON CAN DO NOTHING OF HIMSELF_] Because of his
inseparable union with the Father: nor can the Father do any thing of
_himself_, because of his infinite unity with the Son.
_WHA...
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THE SON CAN DO NOTHING OF HIMSELF - Jesus, having stated the extent of
his authority, proceeds here to show its “source and nature,” and
to prove to them that what he had said was true. The first expl...
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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...
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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...
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THE GLORY OF THE SON.
19. Then answered Jesus.
To their charge that he was guilty of blasphemy in making himself
equal with God. In his answer he abates nothing from the high claims
he has just made...
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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...
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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...
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MAN'S HELPLESSNESS AND CHRIST'S POWER (John 5:1-9)...
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THEN. Therefore.
VERILY, VERILY. The fifth occurance. See note on John 1:51.
DO. His works were like His words. See note on John 7:16.
NOTHING. Greek. _ou ouden._. double negative.
OF. from. Greek...
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_Intimacy of the Son with the Father further enforced_....
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_can do nothing of himself_ It is impossible for Him to act with
individual self-assertion independent of God, because He is the Son:
Their Will and working are one. The Jews accuse Him of blasphemy;...
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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...
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19, 20. _Intimacy of the Son with the Father further enforced_....
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THE PREROGATIVES AND POWERS OF THE SON OF GOD...
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THE DISCOURSE ON THE SON AS THE SOURCE OF LIFE...
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ΟΥ̓ Δ. Ὁ ΥἹῸΣ Π. ἈΦ' Ἑ. ΟΥ̓ΔΈΝ. It is morally
impossible for Him to act with individual self-assertion independent
of God, because He is the Son: Their Will and working are one. It was
to this indepen...
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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...
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_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,...
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ΠΟΙΕΊΝ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ, _см._ John 5:18.
ΒΛΈΠΗ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΒΛΈΠΩ (G991) видеть,
ΠΟΙΟΎΝΤΑ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ делать,
ΠΟΙΉ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ делать. _Conj....
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THE DEITY STATED
_Text 5:19-23_
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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...
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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...
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Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto
you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father
do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son
l...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE SON CAN DO NOTHING OF HIMSELF. — The key to this and the
following verses is in the relation of Father and Son, from which they
start. The Jews saw in this equality with God blasphemy, and sought...
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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...
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The fundamental proposition is οὐ δύναται ὁ υἱὸς
ποιεῖν ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ οὐδέν. “The Son can do
nothing of Himself.” This is not, as sometimes has been supposed, a
general statement true of all sons, but is...
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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...
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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...
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Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto
you, The Son can do nothing (d) of himself, but what he (e) seeth the
Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth th...
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The Son cannot do any thing of himself, [5] but what he seeth the
Father do. In like manner, (ver. 30.) Christ says, I can do nothing of
myself. As I hear, so I judge. Again (Chap. viii. 28.) I do not...
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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.”...
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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....
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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...
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VER. 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 the things which he doeth, these d...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_SUBMISSION AND SERVICE_
‘Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verliy, I say unto
you, The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He seeth the Father
do: for what things soever He doeth,...
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19._Jesus therefore answered. _We see what I have said, that Christ is
so far from vindicating himself from what the Jews asserted, though
they intended it as a calumny, that he maintains more openly...
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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...
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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...
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Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto
you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father
do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son
li...
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_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...
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OF HIMSELF; in opposition to, or without the concurrence of the
Father, which was the crime with which they charged him. He denied the
charge, and asserted, that instead of opposition, as they contend...
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THE RELATION BETWEEN THE FATHER AND THE SON.
Jesus gives the Jews an answer:...
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THEN ANSWERED JESUS AND SAID UNTO THEM, VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO
YOU, THE SON CAN DO NOTHING OF HIMSELF, BUT WHAT HE SEETH THE FATHER
DO; FOR WHAT THINGS SOEVER HE DOETH, THESE ALSO DOETH THE SON
LI...
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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...
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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,...
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Consider Christ as God, so he can do nothing but what the Father doth,
that is, nothing that respected created beings: for it is a known
rule, That the works of the Trinity out of itself are not divid...
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Tertullian Against Praxeas
It was the Son, therefore, who was always seen, and the Son who always
conversed with men, and the Son who has always worked by the authority
and will of the Father; becaus...
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John 5:19 Then G3767 Jesus G2424 answered G611 (G5662) and G2532 said
G2036 (G5627) them G846 Most...
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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,...
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‘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...
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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...
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John 5:19. JESUS THEREFORE ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM. We have
already found Jesus replying to those who did not receive His
utterance of a truth by a repeated and more emphatic declaration of
the ve...
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THE SON
(ο υιος). The absolute use of the Son in relation to the Father
admitting the charge in verse John 5:18 and defending his equality
with the Father.CAN DO NOTHING BY HIMSELF
(ου δυνατα ποιε...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 5:19 THE SON CAN DO NOTHING OF HIS OWN ACCORD. God
the Father and God the Son have different roles. The Son is subject to
the Father in everything he does, yet this does not deny the...
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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....
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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...
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_Verily, Verily,_ &c... _cannot_ : "not from defect of power," says
Euthymius, "but on account of inseparability. For it is impossible
that the Son should do anything which the Father does not." So S....
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_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...
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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
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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...
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1 Corinthians 15:12; 1 Peter 3:18; 1 Thessalonians 4:14; 2 Corinthians
12:10;...
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Verily, verily. See on 1 51.
But what He seeth. Referring to can do nothing, not to of himself.
Jesus, being one with God, can do nothing apart from Him.
The Father do [τ ο ν π α τ ε ρ α π ο ι ο υ ν...
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The Son can do nothing of himself — This is not his imperfection,
but his glory, resulting from his eternal, intimate, indissoluble
unity with the Father. Hence it is absolutely impossible, that the S...