John 5:25
Verily, verily, I say to you, That the hour cometh, and even now come, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear, will live.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 to him: Allow the dead to bury their dead; and go thou and proclaim the kingdom of God.
Luke 15:32But it was proper for us to be merry, and to rejoice; because this thy brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.
John 4:23But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father requireth that worshippers be such.
John 5:28wonder not at this; for the hour cometh when all that are in their graves will hear his voice;
John 8:47He that is of God, heareth the words of God. Therefore ye do not hear, because ye are not of God.
John 17:1These things spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said: My 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 →