John 5:30

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - John 5:30-38

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 witness to all he had said. But the Divine word had no abiding-place in their hearts, as they refused to believe in Him whom the Father had sent, according to his ancient promises. The voice of God, accompanied by the power of the Holy Ghost, thus made effectual to the conversion of sinners, still... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - John 5:1-99

John 5 BUT FIRST WE are brought back again to Jerusalem that we may consider a third sign that He gave in the healing of the impotent man at Bethesda. The Jew reading this Gospel might say, “Well we are as a nation sick to the point of death, and need life; but we have the law. Ought we not to find healing there.” The third sign furnishes us with a reply to this. A way of blessing was brought within man’s reach by the law of Moses. Only one thing was necessary on man’s part, but that one thing... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - John 5:28-30

The coming of the Judgment: v. 28. Marvel not at this; for the hour is coming in the which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice, v. 29. and shall come forth: they that have done good unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. v. 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 will, but the will of the Father which hath sent Me. The fact that it is Jesus Christ,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - John 5:1-47

SECOND SECTIONOpen Antagonism between Christ, as the Light of the World, and the Elements of Darkness in the World, especially in their proper Representatives, Unbelievers, but also in the Better Men, so far as They still belong to the World.John 5:1 to John 7:9ITHE FEAST OF THE JEWS AND THE SABBATH OF THE JEWS, AND THEIR OBSERVANCE OF IT: KILLING CHRIST. THE FEAST OF CHRIST AND THE SABBATH OF CHRIST, AND HIS OBSERVANCE OF IT: RAISING THE DEAD. OFFENCE OF THE JUDAISTS IN JERUSALEM AT THE... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - John 5:30-38

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 nature was concerned, he had a will which could be denied and subordinated to the Father’s. See John 5:30 ; John 6:38 ; Luke 22:42 . It meant shame, a breaking heart, a soul exceeding sorrowful, the cry of the forsaken, but he never swerved. He clung to it as to a hand rail down the steep dark... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - John 5:1-47

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 have incidents colored by this conflict. The fist was of the man in Bethesda's porches. In infinite compassion Christ dealt with him and healed him. His enemies objected because the wonder had been performed on the Sabbath; and, in effect, He replied that in the presence of sin and misery God had... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:30

“I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous because I do not seek my own will but the will of him who sent me”. Having asserted the supreme authority and power He has received from the Father, Jesus now assured His hearers that this did not mean that He was acting on His own. While all judgment has been committed to Him He does not seek His own will, for He and the Father work in unison, and indeed anything else is not possible. By His very nature He cannot act... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:19-30

John 5:19-Amos : . 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 how to work. So the Father will show Messiah, the Son, even greater things, so that men will experience the wonder which leads to faith. The greater work is the quickening of the spiritually dead. This will be done not arbitrarily but according to God’ s will. So the judgment... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:30-40

John 5:30-Matthew : . 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 what authority could He substantiate them? In the first place, John the Baptist, in whose teaching the people for a time took such pleasure. His chief “ witness” is God Himself, whose testimony is declared through the “ works” which He enables Jesus to do, and also... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 5:30

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 that capacity separately from his Father. As Mediator, he did nothing of himself; he finished the work which his Father gave him to do. As I hear, I judge; and my judgement is just; as the Father revealed his will to him, for the administration of his mediatory kingdom in the world, so he judged;... read more

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