The Son (ο υιος). The absolute use of the Son in relation to the Father admitting the charge in verse 18 and defending his equalit…

The Son can do nothing of himself. Jesus, having stated the extent of his authority, proceeds here to show its source and nat…

The Son can do nothing of himself.—The key to this and the following verses is in the relation of Father and Son, from which they …

Christ's work runs parallel with that of the Father. The Father and the Son always work in perfect harmony with one another.

St. Hilary of Poitiers: He refers to the charge of violating the Sabbath, which was brought against Him. My Father works …

The Son is dependent on the Father; he does not act apart from the Father’s will and purpose. Throughout this gospel Jesus continually asserts that…

Jesus therefore answered. We see what I have said, that Christ is so far from vindicating himself from what the Jews asserted, though they…

Then answered Jesus, and said to them
They charged him with blasphemy for calling God his Father, and making himself…

The divine power of the miracle proved Jesus to be the Son of God, and he declared that he worked with, and like his Father, as he saw fit. These a…

1. Here we have Christ’s teaching on his life-giving power.

   First, his teaching is presented.

   Second, it is confirmed, at …