John 5:25
Truly, truly, I say to you, [that] there comes an hour, and it now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard will live;
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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 Jesus said to him, “Permit the dead to bury their own dead, and you, having gone away, publish the Kingdom of God.”
Luke 15:32but to be merry, and to be glad, it was necessary, because this your brother was dead, and lived again, he was lost, and was found.”
John 4:23but there comes an hour, and it now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also seeks such to worship Him;
John 5:28Do not wonder at this, because there comes an hour in which all those in the tombs will hear His voice,
John 8:47He who is of God, he hears the sayings of God; because of this you do not hear, because you are not of God.”
John 17:1These things Jesus spoke, and lifted up His eyes to the sky, and said, “Father, the hour has come, glorify Your Son, that Your Son may also 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 →