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Selected Verse: John 5:25 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 5:25 |
King James |
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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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
The hour cometh--in its whole fulness, at Pentecost.
and now is--in its beginnings.
the dead--the spiritually dead, as is clear from Joh 5:28. Here He rises from the calmer phrase "hearing his word" (Joh 5:24), to the grander expression, "hearing the voice of the Son of God," to signify that as it finds men in a dead condition, so it carries with it a resurrection-power.
shall live--in the sense of Joh 5:24. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The hour - The time.
Is coming - Under the preaching of the gospel, as well as in the resurrection of the dead.
Now is - It is now taking place. Sinners were converted under his ministry and brought to spiritual life.
The dead - Either the dead in sins, or those that are in their graves. The words of the Saviour will apply to either. Language, in the Scriptures, is often so used as to describe two similar events. Thus the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the world are described by Jesus in the same language, Matt. 24-25. The return of the Jews from Babylon, and the coming of the Messiah, and the spread of his gospel, are described in the same language by Isaiah, Isa. 40-61. Compare the notes at Isa 7:14. The renewal of the heart, and the raising of the dead at the judgment, are here also described in similar language, because they so far resemble each other that the same language will apply to both.
The voice of the Son of God - The voice is that by which we give command. Jesus raised up the dead by his command, or by his authority. When he did it he spoke, or commanded it to be done. Mar 5:41; "he took the damsel by the hand, and said, Talitha cumi." Luk 7:14; "and he came and touched the bier, and said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise." Joh 11:43; "he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth." So it is by his command that those who are dead in sins are quickened or made alive, Joh 5:21. And so at the day of judgment the dead will be raised by his command or voice, though there is no reason to think that his voice will be audibly heard, Joh 5:28.
Shall live - Shall be restored to life." |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
The dead
Spiritually. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God - So did Jairus's daughter, the widow's son, Lazarus. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The dead shall hear the voice - Three kinds of death are mentioned in the Scriptures: natural, spiritual, and eternal.
The first consists in the separation of the body and soul. The second in the separation of God and the soul. The third in the separation of body and soul from God in the other world. Answerable to these three kinds of death, there is a threefold life: Natural life, which consists in the union of the soul and body. Spiritual life, which consists in the union of God and the soul, by faith and love. Eternal life, which consist in the communion of the body and soul with God, by holiness, in the realms of bliss.
Of the dead, our Lord says, the hour is coming, and now is, when they shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and live. The hour is coming, when all that sleep in the dust shall awake at the voice of the Son of man, and come to judgment: for he giveth life to the dead, Joh 5:21, Joh 5:28, Joh 5:29. Again, the hour is coming, when some of those who have died a natural death shall hear the voice of the Son of God and live again here. It is likely that our Lord had not as yet raised any from the dead; and he refers to those whom he intended to raise: see on Joh 5:21 (note). Lastly, the hour now is, when many who are dead in trespasses and sins, shall hear the voice (the word) of the Son of God, believe, and receive spiritual life through him. |
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.