John 5:25
Verily, verily, I say to you, an hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
26For as the Father has life in himself, so he gave also to the Son to have life in himself.
Cross References
Luke 9:60And he said to him: Let the dead bury their own dead; but do thou go and announce the kingdom of God.
Luke 15:32It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad; because this thy brother was dead and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
John 4:23But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for such the Father seeks to worship him.
John 5:28Marvel not at this; for an hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
John 8:47He that is of God hears God's words; ye therefore hear not, because ye are not of God.
John 17:1THESE words spoke Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said: Father, the hour has come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee;
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 →