John 5:25
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, yea, it is now, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
26For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son also to have life in himself;
Cross References
Luke 9:60And Jesus said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but go thou, preach the kingdom of God.
Luke 15:32But it was right that we should rejoice, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
John 4:23But the hour is coming, yea, is now come, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such worshippers of him.
John 5:28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in which all who are in the graves shall hear his voice,
John 8:47He that is of God heareth the words of God: ye therefore do not hear him, because ye are not of God.
John 17:1THESE things spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy 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 →