John 5:21

For as the Father raises up the dead and makes alive, so also the Son makes alive whom he will.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

In Context

20For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. And he will show him works greater works than these, so that ye may marvel.

22For neither does the Father judge any man, but he has given all judgment to the Son,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me. I kill, and I make alive. I wound, and I heal. And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

2 Kings 4:32And when Elisha came into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

Luke 7:14And having come, he touched the coffin, and the men carrying it stood still. And he said, Young man, I say to thee, arise.

John 11:25Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, even though he died, he will live.

John 17:2just as thou gave him authority over all flesh, so that all things that thou have given him, he will give them eternal life.

Romans 4:17(as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations), before him whom he believed, of God who makes the dead alive, and who calls things not existing, as existing.

Matthew Henry on John 5:18-31

Christ's Discourse with the Jews; All Judgment Committed to Christ; The Christian Charter. 17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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