John 5:21
For just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so also does the Son give life to whomever he wills.
Catholic Public Domain 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
22For the Father does not judge anyone. But he has given all judgment to the Son,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:39See that I am alone, and there is no other god beside me. I will kill, and I will cause to live. I will strike, and I will heal. And there is no one who is able to rescue from my hand.
2 Kings 4:32Therefore, Elisha entered the house. And behold, the boy was lying dead upon his bed.
Luke 7:14And he drew near and touched the coffin. Then those who carried 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. Whoever believes in me, even though he has died, he shall live.
John 17:2just as you have given authority over all flesh to him, so that he may give eternal life to all those whom you have given to him.
Romans 4:17in whom he believed, who revives the dead and who calls those things that do not exist into existence. For it is written: “I have established you as the father of many nations.”
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 →