John 5:25
“Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.
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In Context
26For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself.
Cross References
Luke 9:60Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. But yoʋ go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
Luke 15:32But it was proper to celebrate and rejoice, for yoʋr brother was dead but is now alive again; he was lost but has now been found.’”
John 4:23But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such people to worship him.
John 5:28Do not be amazed at this, because an hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
John 8:47Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear them is because you do not belong to God.”
John 17:1After saying these things, Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify yoʋr Son so that yoʋr Son may also glorify yoʋ,
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 →