John 5:27

New Century Version

And the Father has given the Son the approval to judge, because he is the Son of Man.

Cross References

Psalm 110:6

He will judge those nations, filling them with dead bodies; he will defeat rulers all over the world.

Matthew 9:6

But I will prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “Stand up, take your mat, and go home.”

John 5:22

In fact, the Father judges no one, but he has given the Son power to do all the judging

John 9:39

Jesus said, “I came into this world so that the world could be judged. I came so that the blind would see and so that those who see will become blind.”

Acts 10:42

He told us to preach to the people and to tell them that he is the one whom God chose to be the judge of the living and the dead.

Acts 17:31

God has set a day that he will judge all the world with fairness, by the man he chose long ago. And God has proved this to everyone by raising that man from the dead!”

1 Corinthians 15:25

Christ must rule until he puts all enemies under his control.

Hebrews 1:2

But now in these last days God has spoken to us through his Son. God has chosen his Son to own all things, and through him he made the world.

1 Peter 3:22

Now Jesus has gone into heaven and is at God’s right side ruling over angels, authorities, and powers.