John 5:30

John 5:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
• New International Version (NIV)By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

Context of John 5:30

28“Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29and will come out – the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation. I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me. 31“If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. 32There is another who testifies about me, and I know the testimony he testifies about me is true.

John 5:30 word by word

οὐ δύναμαι ἐγὼ ποιεῖν ἀπ᾽ ἐμαυτοῦ οὐδέν· καθὼς ἀκούω κρίνω, καὶ ἡ κρίσις ἡ ἐμὴ δικαία ἐστίν, ὅτι οὐ ζητῶ τὸ θέλημα τὸ ἐμὸν ἀλλὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός μεRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• canδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
• mine own selfἐμαυτοῦemautou emautō emauton · myselfG1683
• doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• nothingοὐou · noG3756
• nothingοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• I hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• I judgeκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• myὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• myἐμόςemos · mineG1699
• judgmentκρίσιςkrisis · judgmentG2920
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• justδίκαιοςdikaios · justG1342
• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• I seekζητέωzēteō · to seekG2212
• willθέλημαthelēma · will/desireG2307
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• of the Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• which hath sentπέμπωpempō · to sendG3992

Cross-references for John 5:30

• John 5:19So Jesus answered them, “I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise.
• John 8:28Then Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak just what the Father taught me.
• John 14:10Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own initiative, but the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds.
• John 8:15You people judge by outward appearances; I do not judge anyone.
• Genesis 18:25Far be it from you to do such a thing – to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?”
• Psalms 96:13before the Lord, for he comes! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in accordance with his justice.
• Isaiah 11:3He will take delight in obeying the Lord. He will not judge by mere appearances, or make decisions on the basis of hearsay.
• Romans 2:2Now we know that God’s judgment is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things.
• John 4:34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.
• John 6:38For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.
• John 8:50I am not trying to get praise for myself. There is one who demands it, and he also judges.
• John 17:4I glorified you on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.
• John 18:11But Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath! Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?”
• Psalms 40:7Then I say, “Look! I come! What is written in the scroll pertains to me.
• Matthew 26:39Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
• Romans 15:3For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”

Commentaries on John 5:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30I can of mine own self do nothing - Because of my intimate union with God. See on John 5:19; (note). I week not mine own will - I do not, I cannot attempt to do any thing without God. This, that is, the Son of man, the human nature which is the temple of my Divinity, John 1:14, is perfectly subject to the Deity that dwells in it. In this respect our blessed Lord is the perfect pattern of all his followers. In every thing their wills should submit to the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Of mine own self - See John 5:19. The Messiah, the Mediator, does nothing without the concurrence and the authority of God. Such is the nature of the union subsisting between them, that he does nothing independently of God. Whatever he does, he does according to the will of God. As I hear I judge - To “hear” expresses the condition of one who is commissioned or instructed. Thus John 8:26, “I speak to the world those things which I have “heard” of him;”…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-38Verses 30-38 Our Lord returns to his declaration of the entire agreement between the Father and the Son, and declared himself the Son of God. He had higher testimony than that of John; his works bore witness to all he had said. But the Divine word had no abiding-place in their hearts, as they refused to believe in Him whom the Father had sent, according to his ancient promises. The voice of God, accompanied by the power of the Holy Ghost, thus made…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-30Jesus claimed that his work on the Sabbath was the same as God’s work on the Sabbath. Jesus claimed to be equal with God, doing the things God does. Yet he submitted to God’s will, doing only what the Father wanted.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 30-3230-32. of mine own self do nothing--that is, apart from the Father, or in any interest than My own. (See on Joh 5:19). as I hear--that is, "My judgments are all anticipated in the bosom of My Father, to which I have immediate access, and by Me only responded to and reflected. They cannot therefore err, as I live for one end only, to carry into effect the will of Him that sent Me."Read the comment

Topics related to John 5:30

• Jesus Continued
• Obedience
• Will

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Commentaries on John 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings