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John 5:19John.5.19

Then answered Jesus and said unto them, ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.›

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Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Jésus reprit donc la parole, et leur dit: En vérité, en vérité, je vous le dis, le Fils ne peut rien faire de lui-même, il ne fait que ce qu'il voit faire au Père; et tout ce que le Père fait, le Fils aussi le fait pareillement.

KJV

Then answered Jesus and said unto them, ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.›

Patristic reading

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  • Hegemonius

    Acta Archelai

    sed hic dixit, si quis passas fuerit a proximo suo iniuriam, in- 1 I Kor. 15, 54 — 5 Gal. 3, 13 — 12 Joh. 5, 17 – 26 Num. 15, 32—36 31/50, 1 Matth. 18, 22 CM 1 haee C | 2 lex] a. Ras. M | et < C | 4 ihu] aus Corr. M | christi < Μ | 6 dictum] zueimal geschrieben Μ | 10 requieverit…
  • Ignatius of Antioch

    Epistulae vii genuinae

    ήσεται ὑμᾶς μερίσαι ἀλλ̓ ἑνώθητε τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ καὶ τοῖς προκαθημένοις εἰς τύπον καὶ διδαχὴν ἀφθαρσίας. Joh. 5, 19. so; 8, 28 Ὥσπερ οὖν ὁ κύριος ἄνευ τοῦ πατρὸς οὐδὲν ἐποίησεν, ἡνωμένος ὤν, οὔτε δἰ ἑαυτοῦ οὔτε διὰ τῶν ἀποστόλων: οὕτως μηδὲ ὑμεῖς ἄνευ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρω…
  • Eusebius of Caesarea

    Historia Ecclesiastica

    ατο, τούτων τοῖς ἔργοις ἐφαμίλλως ἀποδοῦναι τοὺς λόγους. “ Ὁ μὲν οὖν πρῶτος καὶ μέγας ἡμῶν ἀρχιερεὺς John 5, 19 ὅσα βλέπει τὸν πατέρα ποιοῦντα, ταῦτα, φησίν, ὁμοίως καὶ ὁ υἱὸς ποιεῖ· ὃ δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ὡς ἄν ἐπὶ διδάσκαλον τὸν πρῶτον καθαροῖς νοὸς ὄμμασιν Ηeb. 12, 2 ἀφορῶν, ὅσα βλέπε…

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