John 5:20-30

5:20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does, and will show him greater deeds than these, so that you will be amazed. 5:21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, ¹  so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes. ²  5:22 Furthermore, the Father does not judge ³  anyone, but has assigned ⁴  all judgment to the Son, 5:23 so that all people ⁵  will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

5:24 “I tell you the solemn truth, ⁶  the one who hears ⁷  my message ⁸  and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, ⁹  but has crossed over from death to life. 5:25 I tell you the solemn truth, ¹⁰  a time ¹¹  is coming – and is now here – when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 5:26 For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself, 5:27 and he has granted the Son ¹²  authority to execute judgment, ¹³  because he is the Son of Man.

5:28 “Do not be amazed at this, because a time ¹⁴  is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 5:29 and will come out – the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation. ¹⁵  5:30 I can do nothing on my own initiative. ¹⁶  Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, ¹⁷  because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me. ¹⁸ 

[5:21]  ¹ tn Grk “and makes them live.”

[5:21]  ² tn Grk “the Son makes whomever he wants to live.”

[5:22]  ¹ tn Or “condemn.”

[5:22]  ² tn Or “given,” or “handed over.”

[5:23]  ¹ tn Grk “all.” The word “people” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for stylistic reasons and for clarity (cf. KJV “all men”).

[5:24]  ¹ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[5:24]  ² tn Or “obeys.”

[5:24]  ³ tn Or “word.”

[5:24]  ⁴ tn Grk “and does not come into judgment.”

[5:25]  ¹ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[5:25]  ² tn Grk “an hour.”

[5:27]  ¹ tn Grk “him.”

[5:27]  ² tn Grk “authority to judge.”

[5:28]  ¹ tn Grk “an hour.”

[5:29]  ¹ tn Or “a resurrection resulting in judgment.”

[5:30]  ¹ tn Grk “nothing from myself.”

[5:30]  ² tn Or “righteous,” or “proper.”

[5:30]  ³ tn That is, “the will of the Father who sent me.”