The main reality to which they point, and which makes their testimony a set of variations on a single theme, is the life eternal of the kingdom of God through Jesus its mediator. This is confirmed by the striking parallel to v 12 in 5:20 and its following exposition: the Father shows the Son all (sc., the works) that he himself does, “and greater works than these he will show him, that you may be amazed.” The context reveals that the “greater works” that the Father is to “show” the Son, greater than
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