John 5:23 Explained in Context

Read It With

• John 5:19-29

Read John 5:23 with 5:19-29. In isolation, this contribution—serves as the fifth turn in The Son Gives Life and Exercises Judgment, where it sets the next condition for the scene's response: “That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him”—can be detached from its speaker, question, sign, festival, conflict, or outcome. The complete unit establishes: Jesus says the Son does what he sees the Father doing, gives life, receives honor, brings present passage from death to life through hearing, and will summon the dead in a future resurrection.

Why This Verse Appears Here

John 5:23 serves as the fifth turn in The Son Gives Life and Exercises Judgment, where it sets the next condition for the scene's response: “That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him”. As the fifth turn in The Son Gives Life and Exercises Judgment, it locates its force in the scene's sequence of claim and response: Jesus says the Son does what he sees the Father doing, gives life, receives honor, brings present passage from death to life through hearing, and will summon the dead in a future resurrection.