John 5:21

For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and giveth life: so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things which himself doth: and greater works than these will he shew him, that you may wonder.

22For neither doth the Father judge any man, but hath given all judgment to the Son.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:39See ye that I alone am, and there is no other God besides me: I will kill and I will make to live: I will strike, and I will heal, and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

2 Kings 4:32Eliseus therefore went into the house, and behold the child lay dead on his bed.

Luke 7:14And he came near and touched the bier. And they that carried 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 that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live:

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

Romans 4:17(As it is written: I have made thee a father of many nations,) before God, whom he believed, who quickeneth the dead; and calleth those things that are not, as those that are.

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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