John 5:26
Good News Translation
Just as the Father is himself the source of life, in the same way he has made his Son to be the source of life.

New Revised Standard Version
For just as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself;

Contemporary English Version
The Father has the power to give life, and he has given that same power to the Son.

New American Bible
For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to his Son the possession of life in himself.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For as the Father hath life in himself, so he hath given to the Son also to have life in himself.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For as the Father hath life in himself, so he hath given to the Son also to have life in himself.

hath life.

Exodus 3:14 God said to Moses: I AM WHO AM. He said: Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: HE WHO IS, hath sent me to you.

Psalm 36:9 For with thee is the fountain of life; and in thy light we shall see light.

Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.

Jeremiah 10:10 But the Lord is the true God: he is the living God, and the everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his threatening.

Acts 17:25 Neither is he served with men's hands, as though he needed any thing: seeing it is he who giveth to all life and breath and all things:

1 Timothy 1:17 Now to the king of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Timothy 6:16 Who only hath immortality and inhabiteth light inaccessible: whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and empire everlasting. Amen.

so hath.

John 1:4 In him was life: and the life was the light of men.

John 4:10 Jesus answered and said to her: If thou didst know the gift of God and who he is that saith to thee: Give me to drink; thou perhaps wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

John 7:37,38 And on the last, and great day of the festivity, Jesus stood and cried, saying: If any man thirst, let him come to me and drink. . . .

John 8:51 Amen, amen, I say to you: If any man keep my word, he shall not see death for ever.

John 11:26 And every one that liveth and believeth in me shall not die for ever. Believest thou this?

John 14:6,19 Jesus saith to him: I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father, but by me. . . .

John 17:2,3 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he may give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him. . . .

1 Corinthians 15:45 The first man Adam was made into a living soul; the last Adam into a quickening spirit.

Colossians 3:3,4 For you are dead: and your life is hid with Christ in God. . . .

1 John 1:1-3 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and our hands have handled, of the word of life. . . .

Revelation 7:17 For the Lamb, which is in the midst of the throne, shall rule them and shall lead them to the fountains of the waters of life: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

Revelation 21:6 And he said to me: It is done. I am Alpha and Omega: the Beginning and the End. To him that thirsteth, I will give of the fountain of the water of life, freely.

Revelation 22:1,17 And he shewed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. . . .

Context
The Father and the Son
25Amen, amen, I say unto you, that the hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. 26For as the Father hath life in himself, so he hath given to the Son also to have life in himself. 27And he hath given him power to do judgment, because he is the Son of man.…
Cross References
John 1:4
In him was life: and the life was the light of men.

John 6:57
As the living Father hath sent me and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, the same also shall live by me.

John 10:18
No man taketh it away from me: but I lay it down of myself. And I have power to lay it down: and I have power to take it up again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

John 11:25
Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live:

Hebrews 1:2
In these days, hath spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world.

John 5:25
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