John 5:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• John 5:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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 il...

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• John 5:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• John 5:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  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.

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• John 5:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• John 5:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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. Greater works than these - Two of these he immediately...

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• John 5:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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 the...

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• John 5:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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 f...

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• John 5:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• John 5:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  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, whic...

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• John 5:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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 thin...

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• John 5:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• John 5:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 w...

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• John 5:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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 sabbat...

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• John 5:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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 s...

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• John 5:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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 note...

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• John 5:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• John 5:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• John 5:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ's Discourse with the Jews; All Judgment Committed to Christ; The Christian Charter.       17 But Jesus answered them, My Father...

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• John 5:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  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 lo...

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• John 5:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘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 Fa...

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• John 5:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 wh...

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• John 5:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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 o...

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• John 5:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• John 5:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• John 5:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 DEATH...

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• John 5:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Relation between the Father and the Son. Jesus gives the Jews an answer:

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• John 5:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Peter 1:17 ; John 1:18 ; John 10:32 ; John 12:45-47 ; John 15:15 ; John 17:26 ; John 3:35 ; John 5:21 ; John 5:25 ; John 5:29 ; Luke 10:22 ; Matthew 11:27 ; Matthew 17:5 ; Matthew 3:1...

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• John 5:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  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...

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