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The Foundation of Love
Commentators unanimously highlight that the basis for Jesus's authority is the profound, unique love between the Father and the Son. This love signifies a perfect unity of essence and purpose. The Father 'shows' the Son everything not because the Son is ignorant, but as an expression of their complete partnership, where the Father communicates His will and power to the Son (Barnes, Calvin, Gill).
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Albert Barnes
On John 5:20
18th Century
Theologian
The Father loves the Son. This authority he traces to the love which the Father has for him—that peculiar, ineffable, infinite love which …
AT Robertson
On John 5:20
Loveth (φιλε). In 3:35 we have αγαπα from αγαπαω, evidently one verb expressing as noble a love as the other. Sometimes a distinct…
Charles Ellicott
On John 5:20
19th Century
Bishop
For the Father loveth the Son. — Do people deny His divinity? God is His Father. There is, therefore, oneness of essence.…
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Charles Spurgeon
On John 5:20–22
19th Century
Preacher
The Son, as well as the Father, is the Quickener of the dead. The Son is also the Judge of all men.
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On John 5:20
The Son is loved by the Father. Their relationship is that of a Father and a Son who are united by love. The Father has revealed to the Son the pur…
John Calvin
On John 5:20
16th Century
Theologian
For the Father loveth the Son. Everybody sees how harsh and far-fetched is the exposition of this passage which is given by the Fathers. “…
John Gill
On John 5:20
17th Century
Pastor
For the Father loveth the Son
As being his Son, his image, the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his…
Matthew Henry
On John 5:17–23
17th Century
Minister
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…