John 5:21

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

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

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 greater works than these, that you may be astonished.

22For the Father judges no one, but has given all judicial authority to the Son;

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Cross References

Luke 7:14And he went and touched the bier; and those who were carrying it, stood still. And he said: Young man, I say to you, Arise.

John 11:25Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believes on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live;

John 17:2as thou hast given him authority over all flesh, that he may give eternal life to all that thou hast given him.

Romans 4:17(as it is written: I have made you a father of many nations,) in the sight of him in whom he believed, even God, who makes the dead alive, and calls those things which are not, as though they were.

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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