{I} (Eg(935c)). The discourse returns to the first person after
using "the Son" since verse 19 . Here Jesus repeats in the first
person (as in 8:28 ) the statement made in verse 19 about the
Son. In John emautou is used by Jesus 16 times and not at all
by Jesus in the Synoptics. It occurs in the Synoptics only in Mt
8:8 Lu 7:7f . {Righteous} (dikaia). As all judgements should
be. The reason is plain (hoti, because), the guiding principle
with the Son being the will of the Father who sent him and made
him Judge. Judges often have difficulty in knowing what is law
and what is right, but the Son's task as Judge is simple enough,
the will of the Father which he knows (verse 20 ).
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