John 5:25
'Verily, verily, I say to you — There cometh an hour, and it now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard shall live;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
26for, as the Father hath life in himself, so He gave also to the Son to have life in himself,
Cross References
Luke 9:60and Jesus said to him, 'Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, and thou, having gone away, publish the reign of God.'
Luke 15:32but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'
John 4:23but, there cometh an hour, and it now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also doth seek such to worship him;
John 5:28'Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those in the tombs shall hear his voice,
John 8:47he who is of God, the sayings of God he doth hear; because of this ye do not hear, because of God ye are not.'
John 17:1These things spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to the heaven, and said — 'Father, the hour hath come, glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also 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 →