John 5:25
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
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26For as the Father has life in himself; so has he given to the Son to have life in himself;
Cross References
Luke 9:60Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go you and preach the kingdom of God.
Luke 15:32It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this your brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
John 4:23But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit (o. pneuma) and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship him.
John 5:28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
John 8:47He that is of God hears God's words: (o. rhema) all of you therefore hear them not, because all of you are not of God.
John 17:1These words spoke Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son, that your Son also may glorify you:
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 →