John 8:16

Jesus affirms that if He does judge, His judgment is true because He is not alone but acts with the Father who sent Him. His judgments carry divine authority and validity.

Cross-references · 15

• John 8:29He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn’t left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.”
• Acts 17:31because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”
• John 5:22–30For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
• John 16:32Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
• Isa 32:1–2Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.
• 1 Sam 16:7But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”
• Zech 9:9Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
• Ps 98:9Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
• Isa 11:2–5Yahweh’s Spirit will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.
• Ps 99:4The King’s strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
• Rev 19:11I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.
• Jer 23:5–6“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
• Ps 45:6–7Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
• Isa 9:7Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
• Ps 72:1–2By Solomon. God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.

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