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John 5:21

For as the Father raises the dead, and makes alive, so also the Son makes alive whom He wills;

Literal Standard 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

20for the Father cherishes the Son, and shows to Him all things that He Himself does; and greater works than these He will show Him, that you may wonder.

22for neither does the Father judge anyone, but all the judgment He has given to the Son,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:39See, now, that I [am] He, || And there is no god besides Me; I put to death and I keep alive; I have struck and I heal; And there is not a deliverer from My hand,

2 Kings 4:32And Elisha comes into the house, and behold, the youth is dead, laid on his bed,

Luke 7:14and having come near, He touched the bier, and those carrying [it] stood still, and He said, “Young man, to you I say, Arise”;

John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I AM the resurrection, and the life; he who is believing in Me, even if he may die, will live;

John 17:2according as You gave to Him authority over all flesh, that—all that You have given to Him—He may give to them continuous life;

Romans 4:17who is father of us all (according as it has been written: “A father of many nations I have set you,”) before Him whom he believed—God, who is quickening the dead, and is calling the things that are not as being.

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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