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John 5:27
John 5:27 is verse 27 of John chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
King James Version
And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
World English Bible
He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.
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John 5:25–29 · Berean Standard Bible
25 Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
27 And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
28 Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
29 and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
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John 5:22Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
Psalms 2:6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
Psalms 2:7I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
Psalms 2:8Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
Psalms 2:9You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
Psalms 110:1The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
Psalms 110:2The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
Psalms 110:6He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.
Acts 10:42And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.
Acts 17:31For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
1 Corinthians 15:25For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
Ephesians 1:20which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
Ephesians 1:21far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
Ephesians 1:22And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
Ephesians 1:23which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
1 Peter 3:22who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
Daniel 7:13In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.
Daniel 7:14And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
Philippians 2:7but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.
Philippians 2:8And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.
Philippians 2:9Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,
Philippians 2:10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
Philippians 2:11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Hebrews 2:7You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor
Hebrews 2:8and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.
Hebrews 2:9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.