Charles Ellicott Commentary John 5:30

"I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me." — John 5:30 (ASV)

For “the will of the Father which has sent Me,” in the last clause, read, with nearly all the best manuscripts, the will of Him that sent Me. .

The verse is the expression, once again, but now with special reference to judgment, of the thought with which the discourse opened, and which runs as a current through the whole. (Compare Notes on John 5:19; John 5:22).

As in all His works (John 5:19), so in the greater works of life-giving (John 5:26) and of judgment, the Son cannot act apart from the Father. The judgment must be just, because it is not one of an isolated will, but one in accord with the eternal will of God. He sees the Father’s works (John 5:19), and in like manner does them; He hears the Father’s will, and that alone He seeks.

The tenses in this verse are present, and the judgment is therefore to be interpreted without limitation of time. It is one which He is continually passing on every act and word and thought. .