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Andκαὶhe has givenἔδωκενhimαὐτῷauthorityἐξουσίανto carry outποιεῖνjudgment,κρίσινbecauseὅτιhe isἐστίνa sonυἱὸςof man.ἀνθρώπου
John 5:27
Study it in the app“And he has given him authority to carry out judgment, because he is a son of man.”
With the Greek beneath
John 5:27, word by word
- he has givenἔδωκενedōken
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “edōken” appears- authorityἐξουσίανexousian
authority
The right to command or act.
Where else “exousian” appears- to carry outποιεῖνpoiein
practice
To put into practice, like God's will.
Where else “poiein” appears- judgmentκρίσινkrisin
judgment
A judge's sentence; above all, the one God will give at the end.
Where else “krisin” appears- he isἐστίνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- a sonυἱὸςhuios
Son
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huios” appears- of manἀνθρώπουanthrōpou
Son of Man
"The Son of Man": what Jesus calls himself.
Where else “anthrōpou” appears
Translation note
Here the Greek says “son of man” without the article, unlike the usual title “the Son of Man”; Daniel 7:13 in Greek is also without the article (“like a son of man”), and in 7:14 that figure is given authority. It can be understood as an echo of that passage.
The context
26For just as the Father has life in himself, so he has also given the Son to have life in himself.
27 · This verse (above)
28Do not be amazed at this, for an hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
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?