Hath committed (déxev). Rev., given. The habitual word for the bestowment of the privileges and functions of the Son. See ver. 36; iii. 35; vi. 37, 39; x. 29, ete.
All judgment (7 xpiow mracav). Lit., the judgment wholly.
23. Which sent Him. A phrase peculiar to John, and used only by the Lord, of the Father. See iv. 34; vi. 38, 89; vii. 16, 28, 33, ete.
24. Heareth. Closely connected with belceveth. Hath eternal life. See on iii. 36.
Shall not come into condemnation (eis cpicw ov« épyerat). The present tense, cometh not. So Rev. Not condemnation, but judgment, as Rev. See on iii. 17. Wye., cometh not into doom. The present, cometh, states the general principle or order.
From death (é« Javdrov). Rev., correctly, out of death, pointing to the previous condition 7m which he was.
Life (r7v fwyv). The life; the ideal of perfect life. 25. The dead. Spiritually.
26. As—so (@a7ep—otrws). The correspondence is that of fact, not of degree.
Hath he given (édwxev). Rev., more strictly, gave, the aorist tense pointing back to the eternal past.
27. Authority. See oni. 12. Also. Omit.
The Son of man. Better, @ son of man. The article is wanting. The authority is assigned to Him as being very man.
John uses the article everywhere with this phrase, except here and Apoc. i. 18; xiv. 14. See on Luke vi. 22.
28. The graves (rots pvnpelous). Rev., better; tombs. Two words are used in the New Testament for the place of burial, tddos, and pvnuetov or pvfiwa. The former emphasizes the idea of burial (9darrw, to bury); the latter of preserving the memory of the dead; from pipyyjcKa, to remind.
29. Have done good—have done evil. Note again the use of the different verbs for doing with good and evil. See on jii. 21. On the word for evil (padda), see on iil. 20.
Resurrection of life (avdotacw Cwhs). The phrase occurs only here in the New Testament: so resurrection of judgment (avactacw Kpicews).
30. Of the Father. Omit. Rev., of Him that sent. 31. If I (éav éya). The J expressed for emphasis: J alone. True (aAnI7s). As distinguished from false. See on i. 9.
33. Ye sent. Rev., rightly, have sent. The perfect tense, with allusion to something abiding in its results. Similarly, bare witness should be hath borne. Note the expressed ye (jets), emphatically marking the contrast between the Auman testimony which the Jews demanded, and the divzne testimony on which Jesus relies (ver. 34).
34. But I (ey dé). Emphatic, in contrast with ye (ver. 33).
Receive (AauSdvw). See on iii. 32.
Testimony (7)v paptupiav). Rev., properly the witness. The restoration of the article is important. It has the force of my, marking the witness as characteristic of Christ’s work.
The only testimony which I accept as proof.
From man. Or from a man, with a primary reference ta