Manfred Diefenbach - THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS, THE CHRIST AND THE SON OF GOD, ACCORDING TO JOHN

v. 17:The second reason – blasphemy (cf. Exodus 20:7; 22:27; Leviticus 24:15–16; Numbers 15:30–31; Deuteronomy 5:11; 18:20 – note v. 18c–d and John 10:33; 19:7) – for Jesus’ “persecuting” by the Jewish aristocrats was His answer in the form of a parallelism/climax of their “unity of working” 411:

“( My ) Father ( ) [ ] is working 412[ until now ]” (cf. 1 John 2:9 and 1 Corinthians 8:7; 15:6),

and I am working”. For Jewish eyes/ears, it is against the monotheism according to Decalogue (cf. Exodus 20:3/Deuteronomy 5:7).

v. 18:Both 413reasons – Jesus as Sabbath breaker (in Greek “ éluen tò sábbaton ” in v. 18b) and blasphemer in “[ ] ( making ) Himself ( ) [ equal ]” (in Greek “í s os”) – more in the sense of the term “ homooús ɩos” according to the Nicene Creed from 325 A.D. – “ with God ” (cf. v. 18c–d and John 10:33, 36; 19:7) – were the basis for their “ seeking ” (in Greek “ zetéo ” in v. 18a and 7:1, 19–20, 25, 30; 8:37, 40; 10:39; 11:8; 18:4, 7–8; 19:12) to “ kill Him ” (in Greek “ apokteíno ” in v. 18a and in 7:1, 19–20, 25; 8:22, 37, 40; 11:53; 12:10; 16:2; 18:31 – Matthew 12:14).

2.3.2 Jesus’ Self-Revelation as the Son of God (vv. 19–47)

- Jesus’ Doing in God as His “Son” (vv. 19–30)

v. 19:The Johannine typical introductory statement “ amen, amen, I tell you ” in verses 19a, 24a, 25a introduces the first part (cf. vv. 19–30) of His speech (cf. vv. 19–47). Because of His statement in verse 17b–c which “the Jews” understood in the sense of a “ditheism” 414, Jesus, the “ Son of God ” (v. 25c) respectively “ Son of Man ” (v. 27c ) – in Greek “ hu ɩ ós ” as a keyword in verses 19c, f, 20a, 21b, 22b, 23a, c, 25c, 26b, 27c – justifies the view of His mutual relationship with the heavenly “ F ATHER ” (in Greek “ patér ” in vv. 17b, 18c[, d], 19d, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23b, d, 26a, 36b, e, 37a, 43a, 45b):

“( ) [ The Son ] can [ ] do (nothing) of His own” – note the verses 19c, 30a as an inclusion 415–

but only “ what He sees ” (in Greek “ blépo ”) “ the F ATHER doing ” – note the verbum simplex “poɩéo” as a keyword in verses 11b, 15d, 16b, 18b, 19c–f, 20c, 27b, 29b, 30a, 36d. Therefore for “ whatever ” the “FATHER” “does

that … the Son ( ) does ( likewise )” (in Greek “ homoíos ” in v. 19f and John 6:11; 21:13) – note the parallelism/climax 416/same structure (“ FATHER ” + verb – “ SON ” + verb) as in verses 17b–c, 21a, b, 23a, b, c, d, 26a, c.

v. 20:Jesus emphasizes God as His pre-existence/“basis”:

“( For ) the ( ) FATHER loves ” (in Greek “ ph ɩ léo ” in v. 20a and in 3:35; 10:17; 15:9; 17:23–26) “ the SON and [ ] shows Him” (v. 20a, c and John 3:11, 32; 8:38; 1 John 1:1) “[ all ]

that He Himself is doing.

And greater 417{ works 418}” (cf. vv. 17b, c, 20c, 36b, d – please do not understand this in a quantivative rather in a qualitative 419sense) “ than these will be show Him { },

so that you / may / amazed/marvel” (in Greek “ thaumázo ” in vv. 20d, 28a).

v. 21:He continues in a soteriological/eschatological 420sense:

“(For) as ( ) the FATHER” (vv. 21, 26a) “ raises the dead and gives / them / life” (in Greek “ zoo poɩéo” in v. 21a, b and 6:63 – cf., for example, Deuteronomy 32:39; 1 Samuel 2:6; 2 Kings 5:7; Hosea 6:2) “ so also the SON ( ) gives life (/ to / whom He will )”.

vv. 22–23:He explains His view with the help of a correction 421(“no t … but”):

“… The FATHER judge s 422no one ,

but ( ) [ ] / has/ given” (in Greek “ dídom ɩ ” in vv. 22b, 26b, 27a, 36b and, for example, John 1:12; 3:16; 6:27, 31–34, 37, 39, 51–52) “[ all ] (judge ment ) / to / the SON ,

that all ” – the “children of God”, the Creator 423– “/ may / honour 424 the SON ,

/ just / as they honour the FATHER .”

In the negative way (cf. John 12:48; 15:23; Luke 10:16; 1 John 2:23), it means:

“ Whoever / does / not honour the SON ,

/ does / not honour the FATHER who sent Him ” (vv. 23d 2, 24b 2, 30e, 37a and John 4:43; 6:38–39, 44; 7:16, 28, 33; 8:16, 18, 26, 29; 9:4; 12:44–45, 49; 13:20; 14:24; 15:21; 16:5).

v. 24:Again the Johannine introductory phrase (cf. vv. 19a, 25a) emphasizes with a second correction 425in the present tense that whoever “hears” (vv. 24b, 25c, d, 28c, 30b, 37b – cf., for example, Deuteronomy 4:1; 5:1; 9:1; Romans 10:18) His “ word ” (cf. 8:51) “ and believes / in /” God the FATHER “ who sent ” (vv. 23d 2, 24b, 30e, 37a) Jesus, His SON,

“ has ( eternal ) life 426( )” (cf. vv. 24d, 39c and in John 3:15–16, 36; 4:14, 36; 6:27, 40, 47, 54, 68; 10:28; 12:25, 50; 17:2–3; 1 John 1:2; 2:25; 3:15; 5:11, 13, 20)

“ and ( ) He / does /not come ( into judgement )” (cf. John 3:18),

“but has passed/crossed 427 over from … death ” (cf. 8:51) “ in the/to life” (vv. 24d, e, 26a, b, 29a, 39c, 40b). In other words: To hear Jesus, God’s SON, means to believe in God the FATHER who is the giver of eternal life after our death on earth.

v. 25:The introductory statement (cf. vv. 19a, 24a) also introduces a new soteriological/“presentical-eschatological” 428promise: “(/ An / hour 429) comes ( )” (note the present tense in vv. 25a, 28b), “ and now is ” (cf. 4:23) here,

“ when the dead will hear the voice 430 of ‘ the Son of God ’” – note the messianic title in Greek “ ho hu ɩ òs to ũ theo ũ ” in v. 25c and in John 1:34, 49; 3:18; 10:36; 11:4, 27; 19:7; 20:31; 1 John 3:8; 4:15; 5:5, 10, 12–13, 20 –

“ and those who hear will live 431”.

v. 26:“(For) as ( ) the FATHER” (vv. 21a, 26a) “has life in Himself” (v. 26a, c)

“ so [ ] { } He has given” (vv. 22b, 26b, 27a, 36b) “ the SON } [ also ]

/ to have/ life / / in Himself” (cf. John 1:4–5; 14:6; 1 John 1:2).

v. 27:“ And ( He has given Him ) authority 432( )

( to do)”/execute “judgement ( )” (vv. 22b, 24c 2, 27b, 29c, 30c – cf., for example, Matthew 25:31–46; Acts 10:42)

“ because [/ He / is ] / the / ‘ Son of Man ’ [ ]” – note the messianic title in Greek “ ho hu ɩ òs ( to ũ ) ánthropo ũ ” in John 1:51; 3:13–14; 6:27, 53, 62; 8:28; 9:35; 12:23, 34; 13:31 and Daniel 7:13–14.

v. 28:Do “ not be amazed/marvel” (vv. 20d, 28a) “/ at / this ,