John 5:21
For just as the Father gives life to those he resurrects from the dead, in the same way the Son also gives life to those that he wants.
Free Bible Version
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
22The Father judges no one. He has given to the Son all the authority to judge,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:39Listen! I am the only God! There is no other God except me! I bring death, and I give life; I wound, and I heal. No one can be rescued from my power.
2 Kings 4:32When Elisha got to the house, there was the boy, lying dead on his bed.
Luke 7:14Jesus went over to the coffin and touched it, and the pall-bearers stopped. Jesus said, “Young man, I tell you, get up.”
John 11:25Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who trust in me will live, even though they die.
John 17:2For you gave him authority over all people so that he might give eternal life to all those you have given to him.
Romans 4:17As Scripture says, “I've made you the father of many nations.” For in the presence of God, Abraham trusted in the God who makes the dead alive and speaks into existence what didn't previously exist.
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 →