John 5:21

For as the Father raises up the dead, and quickens them; so also the Son quickens whom he will.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 greater works than these will he show him, that ye may marvel.

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

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Cross References

Luke 7:14And he came and touched the bier; and they who bore 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 believes on me, though he be dead, yet shall he live;

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

Romans 4:17(as it is written: A father of many nations have I made thee,) before God whom he believed, who quickens the dead, and calls the things that 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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