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Forγὰρjust asὥσπερthe Fatherὁ πατὴρhasἔχειlifeζωὴνinἐνhimself,ἑαυτῷsoοὕτωςhe has alsoκαὶgivenἔδωκενthe Sonτῷ υἱῷto haveἔχεινlifeζωὴνinἐνhimself.ἑαυτῷ
John 5:26
Study it in the app“For just as the Father has life in himself, so he has also given the Son to have life in himself.”
With the Greek beneath
John 5:26, word by word
- just asὥσπερhōsper
just as
Just as, in the same way as.
Where else “hōsper” appears- the Fatherπατὴρpatēr
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patēr” appears- hasἔχειechei
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echei” appears- lifeζωὴνzōēn
eternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōēn” appears- givenἔδωκενedōken
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “edōken” appears- the Sonυἱῷhuiōi
Son
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huiōi” appears
The context
25Truly, truly, I tell you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
26 · This verse (above)
27And he has given him authority to carry out judgment, because he is a son of man.
To study John 5 in a group
1. What it says
What does Jesus ask the man who had been ill for thirty-eight years, and what does he tell him to do? What problem do the Jews see? (vv. 5-16)
2. What it means
Jesus says the works he does bear witness about him (v. 36). What other witnesses does he mention in this chapter? (vv. 31-47)
3. How I live it
Jesus asked the sick man, “Do you want to get well?” (v. 6). What change would you like to ask God for in your life today?