John 5:30 (WEB)
I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is righteous, because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.
Catechism · 2
The Seven Petitions
“In the prayer of his agony, he consents totally to this will: "not my will, but yours be done."” — Catechism footnote: Lk 22:42; cf. Jn 4:34; 5:30; 6:38.
The Church is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic
“As "the Son can do nothing of his own accord," but receives everything from the Father who sent him, so those whom Jesus sends can do nothing apart from him,” — Catechism footnote: Jn 5:19, 30; cf. Jn 15:5.
Fathers and councils · 26
Irenaeus of Lyons
“In his book against Marcion, Justin does well say: “I would not have believed the Lord Himself, if He had announced any other than He who is our framer, maker, and nourisher.” — editor's note: Photius, 125, makes mention of Justin Martyr’s work, λόγοι κατὰ Μαρκίωνος. See also Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History, book iv. c. 18, where this passage of…
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Athanasius of Alexandria
- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.4Discourse III
“…the Son, and hath given all things into His hand;’ and, ‘All things were given unto Me of My Father;’ and, ‘I can do nothing of Myself, but as I hear, I judge;’ and the like passages do not shew that the Son once had not these prerogatives—(for had not He eternally what the Father has, who is the Only Word and Wisdom…” — editor's note: John iii. 35; Matt. xi. 27; John v. 30
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Hippolytus of Rome
“And that this is the case is made clear by the rest of the chapter, which signifies that the Son who “has been set forth was sent from the Father, and goeth to the Father.”” — editor's note: John v. 30; vi. 29; viii. 16, 18, etc.
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Jerome
“John v. 30.” — the author cites it
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John Damascene
“The Son is from the Father, and derives from Him all His properties: hence He cannot do ought of Himself.” — editor's note: Ibid. v. 30.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For whatsoever things the Father doeth, the same also doeth the Son, in like manner.” — editor's note: S. John v. 19, 30.
Read the whole comment“…of likeness to the lowliness of the body, you will also make it an argument to the injury of the Son, because the Son said of Himself: “As I hear I judge,” and “The Son can do nothing else than what He seeth the Father doing.”” — editor's note: S. John v. 30.
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John Chrysostom
“For the expression, “As I hear, I judge” ( v. 30 ); and that other, “He hath told Me what I should say, and what I should speak” ( xii. 49 ), and the like, belong merely to a prophet.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And if this be proved, the testimony is indubitable, and so when Christ Himself saith, “As I hear, I judge” ( c. v. 30 ); and, “What I have heard from My Father, that I speak” ( c. xv. 15 ); and, “We speak that We have seen” ( c. iii. 11 ); and whatsoever other sayings…” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…God to do wrong,” we do not impute to Him any weakness, but confess in Him an unutterable power; so when He also saith, “I can of Mine own Self do nothing” ( v. 30 ), His meaning is, that “it is impossible, nature admits not, that I should do anything contrary to the Father.”” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Ver.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“That they did believe then is clear, from the Evangelist signifying this besides, and saying, “As He spake these words, many believed on Him.” ( c. v. 30.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“See, for instance, what He saith at the beginning, “As I hear, I judge.” ( c. v. 30.)” — the author cites it
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…Add, if you like, Servant and Obedient and Gave and Learnt, and was commanded, was sent, can do nothing of Himself, either say, or judge, or give, or will.” — editor's note: Ib. v. 19, 30.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Who often bare witness, saying, “I do the will of My Father That sent Me.”” — editor's note: John iv. 34, v. 30, vi. 38.
Read the whole comment“For this is similar to what He said of Himself, “I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge.”” — editor's note: Chap. v. 30.
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Gregory the Great
“They are to be admonished to observe wisely how the Son of Man, Whose will is always one with the Father’s, that He may afford us an example of subduing our own will, says, I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me (Joh. v. 30).” — the author cites it
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John Cassian
“The one says, “My rivers are mine and I made them:” the other: “I can do nothing of myself, but my Father who abideth in me, He doeth the works.”” — editor's note: S. John v. 30; xiv. 10.
Read the whole comment““I can,” He says, “of mine own self do nothing, but the Father which abideth in me, He doeth the works.”” — editor's note: S. John xiv. 10; v. 30.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
We were about to ask Christ, Thou wilt judge, and the Father not judge: wilt not Thou then judge according to the Father? He anticipates us by saying, I can of Mine own Self do nothing.
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That is, nothing that is a departure from, or that is unlike to, what the Father wishes, shall ye see done by Me, but as I hear, I judge. He is only shewing that it was impossible He should ever wish any thing but…
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When He spoke of the resurrection of the soul, He did not say, Hear, but, See. (v. 19) Hear implies a command issuing from the Father. He speaks as man, who is inferior to the Father.
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As I hear, I judge, is said with reference either to His human subordination, as the Son of man, or to that immutable and simple nature of the Sonship derived from the Father; in which nature hearing and seeing is…
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I seek not then Mine own will, i. e. the will of the Son of man, in opposition to God: for men do their own will, not God’s, when, to do what they wish, they violate God’s commands. But when they so do what they…
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He shews that the Father’s will is not a different one from His own, but one and the same, as a ground of defence. Nor marvel if being hitherto thought no more than a mere man, He defends Himself in a somewhat human…
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The only Son says, I seek not Mine own will: and yet men wish to do their own will. Let us do the will of the Father, Christ, and Holy Ghost: for these have one will, power, and majesty.
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Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.19.
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Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith I.13.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith I.13.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.6.
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Cited together in Catechism §2824.
Cited together in Catechism §2824.