John 5:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

For the Father judgeth no man, х oude (G3761) gar (G1063) ho (G3588) pateer (G3962) krinei (G2919) oudena (G3762)] - 'For neither doth the Father judge any man:' implying that the same thing was meant in the former verse of the "quickening of the dead;" both acts being done, not by the Father and the Son, as though twice done, but by the Father through the Son as His voluntary Agent. Our Lord has now passed to the second of the "greater works" which He was to show them, to their astonishment (John 5:20).

But hath committed all judgment unto the Son - judgment in its most comprehensive sense, or as we should say, all administration.

John 5:22

22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: