B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary
John 5:30
As. hear,. judge.
The judgment of the Son is based on. perfect knowledge of the will of the Father. It is the Father's will that moves him, his own will being merged in the will of the Father.
As. hear,. judge.
The judgment of the Son is based on. perfect knowledge of the will of the Father. It is the Father's will that moves him, his own will being merged in the will of the Father.
Verse 30. _I CAN OF MINE OWN SELF DO NOTHING_] Because of my intimate union with God. John 5:19, John 5:19. _I SEEK NOT MINE OWN WILL_] I do not, I cannot attempt to do any thing _without_ God. This...
OF MINE OWN SELF - See John 5:19. The Messiah, the Mediator, does nothing without the concurrence and the authority of God. Such is the nature of the union subsisting between them, that he does nothin...
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Healing of the Impotent Man. (John 5:1 .)_ 2. The Opposition of the Jews. (John 5:10 .) 3. His Unity with the Father. (John 5:19 .) 4. The Present Hour. Believers Delivered from...
THE SON'S DEPENDENCE ON THE FATHER. JUDGMENT AND LIFEGIVING. To the charge of blasphemy He answers that a son can only do what he has learned to do by watching his father, who out of love shows him ho...
WITNESS. The subject is introduced abruptly, but rises naturally out of the circumstances. The claims made, if less than the author represents them, were such as to raise the question of authority. By...
MAN'S HELPLESSNESS AND CHRIST'S POWER (John 5:1-9)...
WILL. Greek. _thelema._ App-102. THE FATHER. All the texts read "Him"....
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
_The Son's qualification for these high powers is the perfect harmony between His will and that of the Father_. _I can of mine own self_ Change to the first person. He identifies Himself with the Son...
THE PREROGATIVES AND POWERS OF THE SON OF GOD...
THE DISCOURSE ON THE SON AS THE SOURCE OF LIFE...
30. _The Son’s qualification for these high powers is the perfect harmony between His Will and that of the Father_. ΟΥ̓ ΔΎΝ. ἘΓΏ. Change to the first person, as in John 6:35. He identifies Himself wit...
VER 30. I CAN OF MINE OWN SELF DO NOTHING: AS I HEAR, I JUDGE: AND MY JUDGMENT IS JUST; BECAUSE I SEEK NOT MINE OWN WILD, BUT THE WILL OF THE FATHER WHICH HAS SENT ME. AUG. We were about to ask Chris...
_THE AUTHORITY OF THE SON OF GOD -- JOHN 5:19-30:_ In a lengthy reply to the Jews Jesus gave proof of His deity and ministry. Jesus declared that the Son can do nothing on His own. As the Son of God,...
ΔΊΚΑΙΟΣ (G1342) праведный, поступающий по правилам Бога, ΠΈΜΨΑΝΤΟΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΠΈΜΠΩ посылать, _см._ John 5:23. Право на суд дается самим пославшим, то есть Самим Отцом....
MARVEL NOT AT THIS;— "Be not surprised at my saying that the Son has power to raise a few particular persons from the dead, and authority to inflict judgment on some particular offenders: a far greate...
JESUS-' OWN WITNESS _Text 5:30-32_ 30 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. 31 If I bea...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 5:16-30 We present our customary Analysis of the passage which is to be before us. It sets forth the absolute equality of the Son with the Father:— There is an...
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. I CAN OF [OR 'FROM' af' (G575 )] MIN...
10 The day on which the cure was effected indicates that its fulfillment will find place in that great sabbatism that remains for God's people of the Circumcision (Heb_4:9). As a pallet was a mere bun...
AS I HEAR] viz. from the Father....
BETHESDA. CHRIST AND THE SABBATH 1-47. A miracle at the Pool of Bethesda on the Sabbath Day, and a controversy arising therefrom. This miracle may be regarded as a parable illustrating the deadly effe...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 5 JESUS CURES A SICK MAN 5:1-15 V1 After this, Jesus went to *Jerusalem for another *Jewish *festival. V2 There was a p...
For “the will of the Father which hath sent Me,” in the last clause, read, with nearly all the best MSS., _the will of Him that sent Me._ (Comp. John 5:36.) The verse is the expression, once again, bu...
CHAPTER 13 JESUS LIFE-GIVER AND JUDGE. “The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole. And for this cause did the Jews persecute Jesus, because He did these things o...
This judgment claimed by Jesus is, however, engaged in, not in any spirit of self-exaltation or human arbitrariness, nor can it err, because it is merely as the executor of the Father's will He judges...
JESUS' WORKS HIS SUFFICIENT WITNESS John 5:30-38 The one desire and purpose of our Lord was to do God's will. We cannot penetrate the mystery of His ineffable being, but clearly, so far as His human...
It was at this time that the conflict between Christ and His enemies, which culminated in His Cross began. A miracle wrought on the Sabbath gave rise to this first outbreak. Throughout this chapter we...
(9) I can (n) of mine own self do nothing: (o) 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. (9) The Father is the auth...
_I can do nothing of myself, &c. See ver. 19. St. John Chrysostom also take notice, that it may be no less with truth said of the Father, that he can do nothing of himself, nor without his Son, nor bo...
CHAPTER 13 THE POOL OF BETHESDA John 5:1-47. _“After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.”_ You always find the phraseology in the Bible, _“Go up to Jerusalem.”...
FIRST SECTION: 5:1-47. FIRST OUTBREAK OF HATRED IN JUDEA. 1. The miracle, occasion of the conflict: John 5:1-16; John 2. The discourse of Jesus, commentary and defense of the miracle: John 5:17-47....
SECOND PART: THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNBELIEF IN ISRAEL. 5:1- 12:50. UP to this point, decided faith and unbelief have been only exceptional phenomena; the masses have remained in a state of passive indiff...
II. THE DISCOURSE OF JESUS: JOHN 5:17-47. In this discourse which is designed to vindicate the act which He has just performed, the three following thoughts are developed: 1. Jesus justifies His work...
VER. 30. “ _I can do nothing of myself; as I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him who sent me._ ” Can John 5:30 be connected with what immediat...
The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole. (16) And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
30._I can do nothing of myself. _It would be superfluous here to enter into abstruse reasonings, whether the Son of God _can do any thing of himself _or otherwise, so far as relates to his eternal Div...
chapter 5 contrasts the quickening power of Christ, the power and the right of giving life to the dead, with the powerlessness of legal ordinances. They required strength in the person that was to pro...
I CAN OF MINE OWN SELF DO NOTHING,.... This is the conclusion of the matter, the winding up of the several arguments concerning the Son's equality to the Father, and the application of the whole to Ch...
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. Ver. 30. _I can of mine own self do no...
_Verily, he that heareth my word, &c., hath everlasting life_ Such a person is already entitled to it, yea, it is already begun in his soul, and he shall shortly possess it in its full perfection: _an...
OF MINE OWN SELF; in opposition to, and without the concurrence of the Father. I HEAR; from my Father. The idea is, that he dwells in the Father's bosom, and hears and knows all his counsels. NOT MI...
The coming of the Judgment:...
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. The fact that it is Jesus Christ, the Go...
AGAIN IN JERUSALEM: THE POOL OF BETHESDA (vs.1-15) Once more we find the Lord Jesus visiting Jerusalem, and as in Chapter 2:13 the feast is called "the Jews' Passover" rather than the Passover of Jeh...
30-38 Our Lord returns to his declaration of the entire agreement between the Father and the Son, and declared himself the Son of God. He had higher testimony than that of John; his works bore witnes...
I CAN OF MINE OWN SELF DO NOTHING; neither considered as God, nor as Mediator. As God, the Father and Christ were one, and what one Person in the Holy Trinity doth, all do; so that has did nothing in...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians As therefore the Lord does nothing without the Father, for says He, "I can of mine own self do nothing,"[43] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV For as we do dir...
John 5:30 I G1473 can G1410 (G5736) of G575 Myself G1683 do G4160 (G5721) nothing G3756 G3
AS THE SON JESUS WORKS TOTALLY IN ACCORD WITH THE FATHER'S WILL (JOHN 5:30). Jesus now emphasises that He works and judges totally in line with His Father. He does nothing on the basis simply of His...
The performance of the miracle of healing on the sabbath had roused the active opposition of the Jews to Jesus, and that again had led to the great declaration contained in John 5:17, in which Jesus a...
John 5:30. I CAN OF MINE OWN SELF DO NOTHING: AS I HEAR, I JUDGE: AND MY JUDGMENT IS JUST. This verse is the dividing line of the discourse, belonging at once to both parts, summing up (to a certain e...
I (Εγω). The discourse returns to the first person after using "the Son" since verse John 5:19. Here Jesus repeats in the first person (as in John 8:28) the statement made in verse John 5:19 about t...
John 5:24. _Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life,_ If we truly believe the word of Christ, and trust in him who sent his S...
CONTENTS: Healing of the man at the pool of Bethesda. Jesus answers the Jews. The four-fold witness to Jesus. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, infirm man, John the Baptist, Moses. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ, th...
John 5:2. _Now there is at Jerusalem a pool, called Bethesda,_ which signifies a house of mercy, beneficence, or alms. The pool was situate at too great a distance from the temple to be a place for wa...
I CAN DO NOTHING ON MY OWN. Jesus makes it clear that both he and the Father are one in intent. His relationship to mankind (Hebrews 2:14-18) grows out of the _intent_ and _plan_ of the Father. IF I T...
_I can of My own self do nothing; as I hear I judge_ CHRIST’S PRESENT JUDGMENT This verse is a conclusion of this part of Christ’s apology for His curing of the man, and commanding him to carry his...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 5:30 NOTHING ON MY OWN. See notes on vv. 21, 22, 23....
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 5:1 Chapters John 5:1 tell of escalating conflict between Jesus and the Jewish authorities. As Jesus defends his ministry, he cites several major witnesses on his behalf....
1-47 CHAPTER 5 _After these things,_ &c. Observe, John here omits many things which Christ did in Galilee, but which Matthew records from the 4th to the 12th chapter of his Gospel. For what Matthew...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 5:19. THE SON CAN DO NOTHING OF HIMSELF.—This statement refers back to and justifies that of John 5:17. He is still speaking of the eternal relation in which He s...
EXPOSITION Here commences the second division of the Gospel (John 5:1) II. THE CONFLICT WITH THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM, GALILEE, AND JERUSALEM, TO THE
Shall we turn in our Bibles to the fifth chapter of the gospel of John. John has just recorded in the fourth chapter the ministry of Jesus in the Galilee when He was at the city of Cana and the noblem...
Genesis 18:25; Hosea 10:7; Isaiah 11:3; Isaiah 11:4; John 14:10;...
Of the Father. Omit. Rev., of Him that sent....
I can do nothing of myself — It is impossible I should do any thing separately from my Father. As I hear — Of the Father, and see, so I judge and do; A because I am essentially united to him. See John...
Here Christ declares to the Jews, and in them all mankind, that they might assure themselves his judgment would be exactly righteous, because he had no private will or power of his own, contrary to, o...