John 5:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁰For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

John 5:20 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 3:35
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
Matthew 3:17
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
John 15:15
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
John 17:26
And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Proverbs 8:22-31
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 17-30)

We have here Christ’s discourse upon occasion of his being accused as a sabbath-breaker, and it seems to be his vindication of himself before the sanhedrim, when he was arraigned before them: whether on the same day, or two or three days after, does not appear; probably the same day. Observe, I. The doctrine laid down, by which he justified what he did on the sabbath day (John 5:17): He answered t…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 20)

19-20. the Son can do nothing of himself--that is, apart from and in rivalry of the Father, as they supposed. The meaning is, “The Son can have no separate interest or action from the Father.” for what things, &c.--On the contrary, “whatever the Father doeth that same doeth the Son,” likewise--“in the like manner.” What claim to absolute equality with the Father could exceed this: not only to do “…