John 5:21

For as the Father raises up the dead and gives life, thus also the Son gives life to whom He wills.

English Majority Text (NT)

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 to Him all things which He Himself does; and greater works than these He will show Him, so that you may marvel.

22For the Father judges no one, but He has committed all judgment to the Son,

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Cross References

Luke 7:14Then He came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried him 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. He that believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.

John 17:2just as You have given Him authority over all flesh, so that He will give eternal life to all You have given Him.

Romans 4:17(just as it is written, “ I have appointed you a father of many nations”) before God, whom he believed, the One who gives life to the dead and calls those things which 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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