# John 5.22-30

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**Book:** [John](/codex/john-the-apostle/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 20. <span class="rl-speech">For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and greater works than these will he show him, that ye may marvel.</span> 21. <span class="rl-speech">For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.</span>
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> **22. <span class="rl-speech">For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son;</span> 23. <span class="rl-speech">that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him.</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.</span> 26. <span class="rl-speech">For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself:</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">and he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.</span> 28. <span class="rl-speech">Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,</span> 29. <span class="rl-speech">and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.</span>**
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> 31. <span class="rl-speech">If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.</span> (John 5:20-32, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 20. <span class="rl-speech">For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.</span> 21. <span class="rl-speech">For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.</span>
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> **22. <span class="rl-speech">For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,</span> 23. <span class="rl-speech">that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">Most certainly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God’s voice; and those who hear will live.</span> 26. <span class="rl-speech">For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.</span> 28. <span class="rl-speech">Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice,</span> 29. <span class="rl-speech">and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.</span>**
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> 31. <span class="rl-speech">“If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.</span> (John 5:20-32, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 20. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 21. <span class="rl-speech">For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.</span>
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> **22. <span class="rl-speech">For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:</span> 23. <span class="rl-speech">That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.</span> 26. <span class="rl-speech">For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.</span> 28. <span class="rl-speech">Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,</span> 29. <span class="rl-speech">And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.</span>**
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> 31. <span class="rl-speech">If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.</span> (John 5:20-32, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 20. <span class="rl-speech">for the Father doth love the Son, and doth shew to him all things that He himself doth; and greater works than these He will shew him, that ye may wonder.</span> 21. <span class="rl-speech">'For, as the Father doth raise the dead, and doth make alive, so also the Son doth make alive whom he willeth;</span>
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> **22. <span class="rl-speech">for neither doth the Father judge any one, but all the judgment He hath given to the Son,</span> 23. <span class="rl-speech">that all may honour the Son according as they honour the Father; he who is not honouring the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him.</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">'Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is hearing my word, and is believing Him who sent me, hath life age-during, and to judgment he doth not come, but hath passed out of the death to the life.</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">'Verily, verily, I say to you, There cometh an hour, and it now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard shall live;</span> 26. <span class="rl-speech">for, as the Father hath life in himself, so He gave also to the Son to have life in himself,</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">and authority He gave him also to do judgment, because he is Son of Man.</span> 28. <span class="rl-speech">'Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those in the tombs shall hear his voice,</span> 29. <span class="rl-speech">and they shall come forth; those who did the good things to a rising again of life, and those who practised the evil things to a rising again of judgment.</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">'I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.</span>**
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> 31. <span class="rl-speech">'If I testify concerning myself, my testimony is not true;</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">another there is who is testifying concerning me, and I have known that the testimony that he doth testify concerning me is true;</span> (John 5:20-32, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Anointing Implies Subordination Objection Defeater](/codex/anointing-implies-subordination-objection-defeater/), via [John 5.22-23](/codex/john-5-22-23/)
- [Argument from Origin of Life](/codex/argument-from-origin-of-life/), via [John 5.26](/codex/john-5-26/)
- [Argument from the Information-Conservation Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-information-conservation-convergence/), via [John 5.28-29](/codex/john-5-28-29/)
- [Biogenesis Argument](/codex/biogenesis-argument/), via [John 5.26](/codex/john-5-26/)
- [Conditional Immortality from Text-First Method](/codex/conditional-immortality-from-text-first-method/), via [John 5.24](/codex/john-5-24/), [John 5.28-29](/codex/john-5-28-29/)
- [Jesus is Not a Human Sacrifice (Defeater)](/codex/jesus-is-not-a-human-sacrifice-defeater/), via [John 5.30](/codex/john-5-30/)
- [Jesus Never Claimed to Be God Objection Defeater](/codex/jesus-never-claimed-to-be-god-objection-defeater/), via [John 5.23](/codex/john-5-23/)
- [No One Can Die For Another Objection Defeater](/codex/no-one-can-die-for-another-objection-defeater/), via [John 5.30](/codex/john-5-30/)

**Concepts:**

- [Aseity](/codex/aseity/), via [John 5.26](/codex/john-5-26/)
- [Christ is God](/codex/christ-is-god/), via [John 5.22](/codex/john-5-22/)
- [Christian Muslim Defender](/codex/christian-muslim-defender/), via [John 5.24](/codex/john-5-24/), [John 5.30](/codex/john-5-30/)
- [Christianity](/codex/christianity/), via [John 5.22](/codex/john-5-22/), [John 5.28-29](/codex/john-5-28-29/)
- [Christology](/codex/christology/), via [John 5.22](/codex/john-5-22/)
- [Christs Deity](/codex/christs-deity/), via [John 5.22](/codex/john-5-22/), [John 5.23](/codex/john-5-23/)
- [Doctrine](/codex/doctrine/), via [John 5.26](/codex/john-5-26/)
- [Eschatology](/codex/eschatology/), via [John 5.22](/codex/john-5-22/), [John 5.28-29](/codex/john-5-28-29/)
- [Father-Son Authority Asymmetry](/codex/father-son-authority-asymmetry/), via [John 5.22](/codex/john-5-22/), [John 5.23](/codex/john-5-23/), [John 5.26](/codex/john-5-26/), [John 5.26-27](/codex/john-5-26-27/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [John 5](/codex/john-5/)
- [Lesson 2.4, Christology in One Lesson](/codex/lesson-2-4-christology-in-one-lesson/), via [John 5.22](/codex/john-5-22/)
- [Necessary vs Contingent Being](/codex/necessary-vs-contingent-being/), via [John 5.26](/codex/john-5-26/)
- [Penal Substitutionary Atonement](/codex/penal-substitutionary-atonement/), via [John 5.30](/codex/john-5-30/)
- [Resurrection](/codex/g0386-anastasis/), via [John 5.28-29](/codex/john-5-28-29/)
- [Trinity Common Objections](/codex/trinity-common-objections/), via [John 5.26](/codex/john-5-26/)
- [Trinity vs Oneness vs Modalism vs Arianism](/codex/trinity-vs-oneness-vs-modalism-vs-arianism/), via [John 5.19-23](/codex/john-5-19-23/), [John 5.26](/codex/john-5-26/)
- [Young's Literal Translation](/codex/ylt/), via [John 5.24](/codex/john-5-24/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G0166 - aionios](/codex/g0166-aionios/), via [John 5.24](/codex/john-5-24/)
- [G0386 - anastasis](/codex/g0386-anastasis/), via [John 5.28-29](/codex/john-5-28-29/), [John 5.29](/codex/john-5-29/)
- [G1453 - egeiro](/codex/g1453-egeiro/), via [John 5.28-29](/codex/john-5-28-29/)
- [G2198 - zao](/codex/g2198-zao/), via [John 5.24](/codex/john-5-24/), [John 5.26](/codex/john-5-26/)
- [G2222 - zoe](/codex/g2222-zoe/), via [John 5.24](/codex/john-5-24/), [John 5.26](/codex/john-5-26/)
- [G2288 - thanatos](/codex/g2288-thanatos/), via [John 5.24](/codex/john-5-24/)
- [G2920 - krisis](/codex/g2920-krisis/)
- [G3439 - monogenes](/codex/g3439-monogenes/), via [John 5.26](/codex/john-5-26/)
- [G3498 - nekros](/codex/g3498-nekros/), via [John 5.24-25](/codex/john-5-24-25/)
- [G3962 - pater](/codex/g3962-pater/), via [John 5.19-23](/codex/john-5-19-23/)
- [G4100 - pisteuo](/codex/g4100-pisteuo/), via [John 5.24](/codex/john-5-24/)
- [G5207 - huios](/codex/g5207-huios/), via [John 5.23-26](/codex/john-5-23-26/)
- [H0001 - ab](/codex/h0001-ab/), via [John 5.18-23](/codex/john-5-18-23/)
- [H8085 - shama](/codex/h8085-shama/), via [John 5.30](/codex/john-5-30/)

**Other pages:**

- [Resurrection of the Body](/codex/resurrection-of-the-body/), via [John 5.28-29](/codex/john-5-28-29/)

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The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.