Discovery BoxJohn 5:20-27 
Context5:20 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.
1 tn Grk “and makes them live.”
2 tn Grk “the Son makes whomever he wants to live.”
3 tn Or “condemn.”
4 tn Or “given,” or “handed over.”
5 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”).
6 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
7 tn Or “obeys.”
8 tn Or “word.”
9 tn Grk “and does not come into judgment.”
10 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
11 tn Grk “an hour.”
12 tn Grk “him.”
13 tn Grk “authority to judge.”
