John 5:23
that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
English Standard Version (ESV)
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What's easy to miss here is the reason why refusing to honor the Son means you're not honoring the Father: it's because the Father sent the Son. The Father intentionally sent the Son as His representative, meaning that to reject the Son is to reject the Father's own authority and will in sending Him.
Jesus has just healed a man on the Sabbath, and the Jewish leaders are furious, accusing Him of breaking the law and even blaspheming by calling God His Father. In response, Jesus explains His authority and power, stating that the Father actively works and that He too works in the same way, raising the dead and giving life as He chooses. He then asserts that the Father has entrusted all judgment to Him, so that everyone will honor the Son just as they honor the Father; anyone who doesn't honor the Son, in essence, doesn't honor the Father who sent Him.
Understand the original words
timaō · Greek Verb
To show reverence, value, or esteem; in a biblical context, it implies recognizing the divine authority, deity, and glory due to God or His appointed Representative.
apostellō · Greek Verb
The state of being sent with authority; in the New Testament, it signifies Jesus’ divine commission by the Father to accomplish the work of salvation.
This passage calls for all people to serve the Lord with fear and to kiss the Son, directly echoing the call to honor the Son as we honor the Father in John 5:23.
Philippians 2:10-11It declares that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, highlighting the universal homage due to the Son, just as John 5:23 emphasizes honoring the Son equally with the Father.
1 John 2:23This verse states that anyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either, directly paralleling John 5:23's assertion that refusing to honor the Son means one does not honor the Father.
Hebrews 1:3It describes Jesus as the radiance of God's glory and the exact imprint of God's nature, underscoring his divine equality and the reason why he must be honored to the same degree as the Father.
vincentJohn 5:23: "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."
Which sent HimA phrase peculiar to John, and used only by the Lord, of the Father. See John 4:34; John 6:38, John 6:39; John 7:16, John 7:28, John 7:33, etc.
calvinJohn 5:20-24: "For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel."
- For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things which he doeth; and he will show him greater works than these, that you may wonder. 21. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; so also the Son quickeneth whom he will. 22. For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment to the Son; 23. That…
What's easy to miss here is the reason why refusing to honor the Son means you're not honoring the Father: it's because the Father sent the Son. The Father intentionally sent the Son as His representative, meaning that to reject the Son is to reject the Father's own authority and will in sending Him.
Jesus has just healed a man on the Sabbath, and the Jewish leaders are furious, accusing Him of breaking the law and even blaspheming by calling God His Father. In response, Jesus explains His authority and power, stating that the Father actively works and that He too works in the same way, raising the dead and giving life as He chooses. He then asserts that the Father has entrusted all judgment to Him, so that everyone will honor the Son just as they honor the Father; anyone who doesn't honor the Son, in essence, doesn't honor the Father who sent Him.
Jesus has just healed a man on the Sabbath, and the Jewish leaders are furious, accusing Him of breaking the law and even blaspheming by calling God His Father. In response, Jesus explains His authority and power, stating that the Father actively works and that He too works in the same way, raising the dead and giving life as He chooses. He then asserts that the Father has entrusted all judgment to Him, so that everyone will honor the Son just as they honor the Father; anyone who doesn't honor the Son, in essence, doesn't honor the Father who sent Him.
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"that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him." — What's easy to miss here is the reason why refusing to honor the Son means you're not honoring the Father: it's because the Father sent the Son. The Father intentionally sent the Son as His repre…
