John 5:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

And hath given him (or, as before, 'gave Him') authority to execute judgment also - as well as to quicken whom He will (John 5:21).

Because he is the Son of man. This seems to confirm the last remark, that what Christ had properly in view was the indwelling of the Son's essential life in humanity as the great theater and medium of divine display, in both the great departments of His work-life-giving and judgment. The appointment of a Judge in our own nature is one of the most august and beautiful arrangements of divine wisdom in Redemption.

John 5:27

27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.