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John 5:25

I tell you the truth: The time is coming—in fact it's here already—when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live!

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In The King James Version

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

In Context

24I tell you the truth: those who follow what I say and trust the one who sent me have eternal life. They won't be condemned, but have gone from death to life.

26Just as the Father has life-giving power in himself, so has he given the Son the same life-giving power in himself.

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Cross References

Luke 9:60“Let the dead bury their own dead,” Jesus replied. “You go and proclaim God's kingdom.”

Luke 15:32But we should be happy and celebrate! This is your brother who was dead, but who has returned alive; he was lost but now he's found!’”

John 4:23But the time is coming—and in fact it's here already—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for these are the kind of worshipers the Father wants.

John 5:28Don't be surprised at this, for the time is coming when all those in the grave will hear his voice

John 8:47Anyone who belongs to God listens to what God says. The reason you don't listen is because you don't belong to God.”

John 17:1When Jesus finished saying this he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you.

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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