John 5:25
"Solemnly I tell you that the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear shall live.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
26"For as the Father has life in himself, so also has he granted to the Son to have life in himself.
Cross References
Luke 9:60"Leave the dead to bury their own dead," said Jesus to him, "go you and announce, far and wide the kingdom of God."
Luke 15:32"‘But it was fitting that we should make merry and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and is alive; he was lost and is found.’"
John 4:23But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father is seeking such as his worshipers.
John 5:28"Do not wonder at this, because an hour is coming in which all who are in their graves shall hear his voice and shall come forth again;
John 8:47"He who is from God listens to God’s words. For this reason you do not listen, because you are not from God."
John 17:1When he had thus spoken, Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said. "Father, the hour is come. Glorify the 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 →