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Joh 5:25 Strong Concordance Verily [281], verily [281], I say [3004] unto you [5213], [3754] The hour [5610] is coming [2064], and [2532] now [3568] is [2076], when [3753] the dead [3498] shall hear [191] the voice [5456] of the Son [5207] of God [2316]: and [2532] they that hear [191] shall live [2198].
  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.
 
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24 Verily [281], verily [281], I say [3004] unto you [5213], [3754] He that heareth [191] my [3450] word [3056], and [2532] believeth [4100] on him that sent [3992] me [3165], hath [2192] everlasting [166] life [2222], and [2532] shall [2064] not [3756] come [2064] into [1519] condemnation [2920]; but [235] is passed [3327] from [1537] death [2288] unto [1519] life [2222].
24 Verily [281], verily [281], I say [3004] unto you [5213], [3754] He that heareth [191] my [3450] word [3056], and [2532] believeth [4100] on him that sent [3992] me [3165], hath [2192] everlasting [166] life [2222], and [2532] shall [2064] not [3756] come [2064] into [1519] condemnation [2920]; but [235] is passed [3327] from [1537] death [2288] unto [1519] life [2222].
28 Marvel [2296] not [3361] at this [5124]: for [3754] the hour [5610] is coming [2064], in [1722] the which [3739] all [3956] that are in [1722] the graves [3419] shall hear [191] his [846] voice [5456],
28 Marvel [2296] not [3361] at this [5124]: for [3754] the hour [5610] is coming [2064], in [1722] the which [3739] all [3956] that are in [1722] the graves [3419] shall hear [191] his [846] voice [5456],
21 For [1063] as [5618] the Father [3962] raiseth up [1453] the dead [3498], and [2532] quickeneth [2227] them; even [2532] so [3779] the Son [5207] quickeneth [2227] whom [3739] he will [2309].
43 And [2532] when he thus [5023] had spoken [2036], he cried [2905] with a loud [3173] voice [5456], Lazarus [2976], come [1204] forth [1854].
14 And [2532] he came [4334] and touched [680] the bier [4673]: and [1161] they that bare [941] him stood still [2476]. And [2532] he said [2036], Young man [3495], I say [3004] unto thee [4671], Arise [1453].
41 And [2532] he took [2902] the damsel [3813] by the hand [5495], and said [3004] unto her [846], Talitha [5008] cumi [2891]; which [3739] is [2076], being interpreted [3177], Damsel [2877], I say [3004] unto thee [4671], arise [1453].
14 Therefore the Lord [0136] himself shall give [05414] you a sign [0226]; Behold, a virgin [05959] shall conceive [02030], and bear [03205] a son [01121], and shall call [07121] his name [08034] Immanuel [06005] [0410].
21 For [1063] as [5618] the Father [3962] raiseth up [1453] the dead [3498], and [2532] quickeneth [2227] them; even [2532] so [3779] the Son [5207] quickeneth [2227] whom [3739] he will [2309].
29 And [2532] shall come forth [1607]; they that have done [4160] good [18], unto [1519] the resurrection [386] of life [2222]; and [1161] they that have done [4238] evil [5337], unto [1519] the resurrection [386] of damnation [2920].
28 Marvel [2296] not [3361] at this [5124]: for [3754] the hour [5610] is coming [2064], in [1722] the which [3739] all [3956] that are in [1722] the graves [3419] shall hear [191] his [846] voice [5456],
21 For [1063] as [5618] the Father [3962] raiseth up [1453] the dead [3498], and [2532] quickeneth [2227] them; even [2532] so [3779] the Son [5207] quickeneth [2227] whom [3739] he will [2309].