John 5:21
For just as the Father awakens the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom He wills.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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
22The Father indeed does not judge any one, but He has entrusted all judgement to the Son,
Cross References
Luke 7:14Then He went close and touched the bier, and the bearers halted. "Young man," He said, "I command you, wake!"
John 11:25"I am the Resurrection and the Life," said Jesus; "he who believes in me, even if he has died, he shall live;
John 17:2even as Thou hast given Him authority over all mankind, so that on all whom Thou hast given Him He may bestow the Life of the Ages.
Romans 4:17so that the promise should be made sure to all Abraham's true descendants; not merely to those who are righteous through the Law, but to those who are righteous through a faith like that of Abraham. Thus in the sight of God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and makes reference to things that do not exist, as though they did, Abraham is the forefather of all of us. As it is written, "I have appointed you to be the forefather of many nations."
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 →