<p>5:20 <i>For the Father loves the Son and shows him all things that Himself does; and greater works than these will He show him, that you may marvel</i>- As noted in commentary on chapter 4, the Lord did not consider that seeing miracles was a solid basis for faith. &quot;Marvel&quot; has connotations of disbelief; the more miracles which would be done, the &quot;greater works&quot; which the Lord would do through the apostles (14:12), would not so much create faith as lead them to marvel in incomprehension. The connection with the &quot;greater works&quot; to be done by the apostles is clear (14:12); they were empowered to do what the Lord had been shown needed to be done by the Father.</p><p>In Jn. 5:19,20 we read that the Son does (<i>poieo</i>) what He sees the Father doing, and the Father shows Him (<i>deiknumi</i>) all (<i>panta</i>) that He does. This is referring to Ex. 25:9 LXX, where Moses makes (<i>poieo</i>) the Tabernacle according all (<i>panta</i>) that God shows him (<i>deiknuo</i>). The reference of Jn. 5:19,20 is therefore to the Lord working with His Father in the building up of us the tabernacle&hellip; and <i>all</i> things God planned for us were revealed to the Son even in His mortality. What great wealth of understanding was there within His mind, within those brain cells&hellip; and how tragic that the head and body that bore them was betrayed and ignored and spat upon and tortured by men&hellip;</p><p>There is here what C.H. Dodd has called &lsquo;the parable of the apprentice&rsquo;: &ldquo;A son&hellip;does only what he sees his father doing: what father does, son does; for a father loves his son and shows him all his trade&rdquo;. Now just imagine what that meant for the Lord Jesus, growing up with Joseph, who appeared to be His father, learning Joseph&rsquo;s trade. Yet He knew that His true Father was God, and He was eagerly learning <i>His</i> trade.</p>