John 5:21

For even as the Father raises the dead and quickens [them], thus the Son also quickens whom he will:

Darby Translation

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 shews him all things which he himself does; and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may wonder.

22for neither does the Father judge any one, but has given all judgment to the Son;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, 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 delivereth 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 coming up he touched the bier, and the bearers stopped. And he said, Youth, I say to thee, Wake up.

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

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

Romans 4:17(according as it is written, I have made thee father of many nations,) before the God whom he believed, who quickens the dead, and calls the things which be not as being;

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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