John 5:21
For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and giveth them life, so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.
Noyes Bible
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
22For neither doth the Father judge any one, but hath committed all judgment to the Son;
Cross References
Luke 7:14And he came up, and touched the bier; and they who bore it stood still; and he said, Young man, I say to thee, Rise.
John 11:25Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he have died, will live;
John 17:2according as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that he should give everlasting life to all whom thou hast given him.
Romans 4:17(as it is written, “I have made thee a father of many nations”) in the sight of that God whom he believed, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that 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 →