John 5:25
Truly, truly do I say to you, The hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear will live.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
26For as the Father hath life in himself, so did he give to the Son also to have life in himself.
Cross References
Luke 9:60And he said to him, Let the dead bury their own dead; but go thou and carry the tidings of the kingdom of God.
Luke 15:32It was meet that we should make merry and be glad; for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.
John 4:23But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for such worshippers the Father seeketh.
John 5:28Marvel not at this; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice,
John 8:47He that is of God heareth God's words; for this cause ye do not hear, because ye are not of God.
John 17:1When Jesus had thus spoken, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father! the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the Son may glorify thee;
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 →