John 5:26 BSB — MannaFest

John 5:26

For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself:

KJV

For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

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Commentary

1 voice

Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 2 (444)

Observe again the economy in these words, that thou mayest marvel at the form of expression and not, by falling into offence thereat from ignorance, bring upon thyself perdition. For the Only-Begotten, being Man in respect of the nature of His Body, and seen as one of us while yet upon the earth with flesh, manifoldly instructing the Jews in matters pertaining to salvation, clothed Himself with the glory of two God-befitting things. For He clearly affirmed, that He would both raise the dead, and set them at His Judgement-seat to be judged.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Secondly, It is as certain that he has given to the Son to have life in himself. As the Father is the original of all natural life and good, being the great Creator, so the Son, as Redeemer, is the original of all spiritual life and good; is that to the church which the Father is to the world; see 1 Cor. viii.

The Nineteenth Century4 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Hath he given to the Son to have life, etc. - Here our Lord speaks of himself in his character of Messiah, or envoy of God.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

The passage before us is singularly rich in weighty truths. To the minds of Jews, who were familiar with the writings of Moses and Daniel, it would come home with peculiar power. In the words of our Lord they would not fail to see fresh assertions of His claim to be received as the promised Messiah. We see in these verses that the salvation of our soul depends on hearing Christ. It is the man, we are told, who "hears Christ's word," and believes that God the Father sent Him to save sinners, who "has everlasting life."

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὥσπερ	Hōsper	As	G5618 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
πατὴρ	patēr	Father	G3962 →
ἔχει	echei	has	G2192 →
ζωὴν	zōēn	life	G2222 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ἑαυτῷ,	he'autō	Himself,	G1438 →
οὕτως	houtōs	so	G3779 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
τῷ	tō	to the	G3588 →
υἱῷ	huiō	Son	G5207 →
ἔδωκεν	edōken	He gave	G1325 →
ζωὴν	zōēn	life	G2222 →
ἔχειν	echein	to have	G2192 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ἑαυτῷ,	he'autō	Himself,	G1438 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
leads to
- Acts 4:12
  Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
- John 10:9
  I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
- Ephesians 2:18
  For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
- John 11:25–26
  Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- John 1:4
  In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
Through
John 1:4
In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
leads to
- John 8:12
  Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- John 12:46
  I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
Through
Exodus 3:14
God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
leads to
- John 8:58
  “Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”