Discovery BoxJohn 5:22-30 
Context5:22 Furthermore, the Father does not judge 1 anyone, but has assigned 2 all judgment to the Son, 5:23 so that all people 3 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, 4 the one who hears 5 my message 6 and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, 7 but has crossed over from death to life. 5:25 I tell you the solemn truth, 8 a time 9 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 10 authority to execute judgment, 11 because he is the Son of Man.
5:28 “Do not be amazed at this, because a time 12 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. 13 5:30 I can do nothing on my own initiative. 14 Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, 15 because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me. 16
1 tn Or “condemn.”
2 tn Or “given,” or “handed over.”
3 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”).
4 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
5 tn Or “obeys.”
6 tn Or “word.”
7 tn Grk “and does not come into judgment.”
8 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
9 tn Grk “an hour.”
10 tn Grk “him.”
11 tn Grk “authority to judge.”
12 tn Grk “an hour.”
13 tn Or “a resurrection resulting in judgment.”
14 tn Grk “nothing from myself.”
15 tn Or “righteous,” or “proper.”
16 tn That is, “the will of the Father who sent me.”
