“I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.”
'I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the very work that the Father has given me to finish—and these are signs the Father has given me to accomplish—testify that the Father has sent me. — Jesus claims his works (erga) as greater testimony than John. The works (miracles/signs) are given by the Father (tetheiken) to validate Jesus' mission. The divine authorization of signs authenticates his claim.
Church Fathers on John 5:30
will not you then judge according to the Father? He anticipates us by saying, I can of Mine own Self do nothing.
That is, nothing that is a departure from, or that is unlike to, what the Father wishes, shall you see done by Me, but as I hear, I judge. He is only showing that it was impossible He should ever wish any thing bat what the Father wished. I judge, His meaning is, as if it were My Father that judged.
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