John 5:21

For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.

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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 has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.

22For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgement to the Son,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:39“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.

2 Kings 4:32When Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and lying on his bed.

Luke 7:14He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I tell you, arise!”

John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

John 17:2even as you gave him authority over all flesh, so he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

Romans 4:17As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls 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 →

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