John 5:29

Amplified Bible

and they will come out—those who did good things [will come out] to a resurrection of [new] life, but those who did evil things [will come out] to a resurrection of judgment [that is, to be sentenced].

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Then they will come out of their graves. Those who did good in this life will rise and have eternal life. But those who did evil will rise to be judged guilty.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and shall come forthe: they that have done good vnto the resurreccion of lyfe: and they that have done evyll vnto the resurreccion of dampnacion.

Hebrew Names Version
and will come forth; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

International Standard Version
and will come out - those who have done what is good to the resurrection of life, and those who have practiced what is evil to the resurrection of condemnation.judgment">[fn]Isaiah 26:19; Daniel 12:2; Matthew 25:32-33,46; 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
and will come out: those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the bad deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

New Century Version
Then they will come out of their graves. Those who did good will rise and have life forever, but those who did evil will rise to be judged guilty.

Update Bible Version
and shall come forth; those that have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those that have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

Webster's Bible Translation
And shall come forth; they that have done good to the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, to the resurrection of damnation.

English Standard Version
and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

World English Bible
and will come forth; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And shall come forth, they that have done good, to the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, to the resurrection of damnation.

Weymouth's New Testament
they who have done what is right to the resurrection of Life, and they whose actions have been evil to the resurrection of judgement.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei that han do goode thingis, schulen go in to ayenrisyng of lijf; but thei that han done yuele thingis, in to ayenrisyng of doom.

English Revised Version
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done ill, unto the resurrection of judgment.

Berean Standard Bible
and come out-those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

Contemporary English Version
and they will come out of their graves. Everyone who has done good things will rise to life, but everyone who has done evil things will rise and be condemned.

American Standard Version
and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.

Bible in Basic English
And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged.

Complete Jewish Bible
and come out — those who have done good to a resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to a resurrection of judgment.

Darby Translation
and shall go forth; those that have practised good, to resurrection of life, and those that have done evil, to resurrection of judgment.

Etheridge Translation
and shall come forth; they who have done good unto the resurrection of life, and they who have done evil unto the resurrection of condemnation.

Murdock Translation
and will come forth; they that have done good, to the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

King James Version (1611)
And shall come foorth, they that haue done good, vnto the resurrection of life, and they that haue done euill, vnto the resurrection of damnation.

New Living Translation
and they will rise again. Those who have done good will rise to experience eternal life, and those who have continued in evil will rise to experience judgment.

New Life Bible
They will come out. Those who have done good will be raised again and will have new life. Those who have been sinful will be raised again and will be told they are guilty and will be punished.

New Revised Standard
and will come out—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And they shal come foorth, that haue done good, vnto ye resurrection of life: but they that haue done euil, vnto the resurrection of condemnation.

George Lamsa Translation
And they will come out; those who have done good works to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil works to the resurrection of judgment.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and shall come forth, - they who, the good things, have done, unto a resurrection, of life; but, they who the corrupt things, have practised, unto a resurrection, of judgment.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they that have done good things shall come forth unto the resurrection of life: but they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.

Revised Standard Version
and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And shall come foorth, they that haue done good, vnto the resurrection of lyfe, and they that haue done euyll, vnto the resurrection of dampnation.

Good News Translation
and come out of their graves: those who have done good will rise and live, and those who have done evil will rise and be condemned.

Christian Standard Bible®
and come out—those who have done good things, to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked things, to the resurrection of condemnation.

King James Version
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.

Lexham English Bible
and they will come out—those who have done good things to a resurrection of life, but those who have practiced evil things to a resurrection of judgment.

Literal Translation
And they will come out, the ones having done good into a resurrection of life; and the ones having practiced evil into a resurrection of judgment.

Young's Literal Translation
and they shall come forth; those who did the good things to a rising again of life, and those who practised the evil things to a rising again of judgment.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and shal go forth, they that haue done good, vnto the resurreccion of life: but they that haue done euell, vnto the resurreccion of damnacion.

Mace New Testament (1729)
shall rise to the possession of life; and they that have done evil, shall rise to their condemnation.

New English Translation
and will come out—the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation.

New King James Version
and come forth--those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

Simplified Cowboy Version
rise from their graves. Those who believe will go on to do good things and experience eternal life, but those who dismiss this message will only ride for themselves and continue to live evil lives. These will experience judgment for their sins.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

Legacy Standard Bible
and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

Contextual Overview

¹⁷But Jesus answered them, "My Father has been working until now [He has never ceased working], and I too am working." ¹⁸This made the Jews more determined than ever to kill Him, for not only was He breaking the Sabbath [from their viewpoint], but He was also calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. ¹⁹So Jesus answered them by saying, "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself [of His own accord], unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever things the Father does, the Son [in His turn] also does in the same way. ²⁰"For the Father dearly loves the Son and shows Him everything that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works than these, so that you will be filled with wonder. ²¹"Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life [and allows them to live on], even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. ²²"For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment [that is, the prerogative of judging] to the Son [placing it entirely into His hands], ²³so that all will give honor (reverence, homage) to the Son just as they give honor to the Father. [In fact] the one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who has sent Him. ²⁴"I assure you and most solemnly say to you, the person who hears My word [the one who heeds My message], and believes and trusts in Him who sent Me, has (possesses now) eternal life [that is, eternal life actually begins—the believer is transformed], and does not come into judgment and condemnation, but has passed [over] from death into life. ²⁵"I assure you and most solemnly say to you, a time is coming and is [here] now, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live. ²⁶"For just as the Father has life in Himself [and is self-existent], even so He has given to the Son to have life in Himself [and be self-existent].

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

come: Daniel 12:2, Daniel 12:3, Matthew 25:31-46, Acts 24:15

done good: Luke 14:14, Romans 2:6-10, Galatians 6:8-10, 1 Timothy 6:18, Hebrews 13:16, 1 Peter 3:11

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 17:22 - and he revived 2 Kings 13:21 - touched Job 14:14 - shall he live Psalms 68:20 - unto Psalms 133:3 - even life Ecclesiastes 8:13 - it shall Ecclesiastes 12:14 - General Isaiah 26:19 - dead men Jeremiah 32:19 - to give Ezekiel 33:20 - I will Ezekiel 37:4 - O ye Matthew 10:28 - able Matthew 22:30 - in the Matthew 25:6 - a cry Matthew 25:46 - everlasting Mark 5:41 - Damsel Luke 7:14 - Young Luke 8:54 - Maid Luke 20:35 - to John 5:19 - and John 5:20 - greater John 11:24 - I know Acts 26:8 - General Romans 8:11 - he that raised 1 Corinthians 6:14 - by Philippians 2:10 - under Hebrews 6:2 - resurrection Hebrews 11:35 - that they 1 Peter 4:5 - that Revelation 20:12 - I saw Revelation 20:13 - the sea

Cross-References

Genesis 5:8
So Seth lived nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.

Genesis 5:9
When Enosh was ninety years old, he became the father of Kenan.

Genesis 5:11
So Enosh lived nine hundred and five years, and he died.

Genesis 5:12
When Kenan was seventy years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.

Genesis 5:17
So Mahalalel lived eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.

Genesis 5:19
Jared lived eight hundred years after the birth of Enoch and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:26
Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after the birth of Lamech and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:27
So Methuselah lived nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

Genesis 7:23
God destroyed (blotted out, wiped away) every living thing that was on the surface of the earth; man and animals and the crawling things and the birds of the heavens were destroyed from the land. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive.

Genesis 9:24
When Noah awoke from his wine [induced stupor], he knew what his younger son [Ham] had done to him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And shall come forth,.... Out of their graves, as Lazarus came forth from his at the word of command, and as the bodies of the saints did after the resurrection of Christ, when their graves were opened:

they that have done good; which none of Adam's posterity naturally do, or can do of themselves: such are designed here who believe in Christ, which to do is the work of God, and the greatest and best of worlds; and without which it is impossible to please God in any; and indeed, whatever is not of faith is sin, and cannot be a good work: a good work is that which is done according to the will of God, from love to him, in faith, and with a view to his glory; and those that do such works shall come forth

unto the resurrection of life; that is, unto everlasting life, glory, and happiness; this is the first and better resurrection; and those that have part in it, over them the second death shall have no power. All shall rise to life, to an immortal life, so as never to die more; yet only good men shall rise to enjoy an happy and glorious life; which will lie in communion with God, angels, and saints, and in conformity to Christ, and in the everlasting vision of him:

and they that have done evil; who give up themselves to work wickedness; whose continual employment, and the business, series, and course of whose lives it is to commit sin; who are slaves unto it, and vassals of it, and are properly workers of iniquity; otherwise there is no man but what does that which is evil, and that daily: these shall come forth

unto the resurrection of damnation; that is, to everlasting damnation, shame, and reproach; they shall be condemned by the Judge of the whole earth, and shall be pronounced cursed; and shall be ordered to go into everlasting fire, and shall go into everlasting punishment; which will be a punishment both of loss and sense: they will lose, or be deprived of, the presence of God, and feel his wrath in their consciences. All will rise, but with a difference; the dead in Christ will rise first, in the morning of the resurrection, in the beginning of the thousand years, and therefore are here mentioned first; the rest the wicked, will not rise until the evening of that day, till the thousand years are ended, and therefore are spoken of last. The former will rise by virtue of union to Christ, the other by his power, and both at hearing his voice; the saints will rise with bodies glorious, powerful, and spiritual; and wicked men, though with bodies immortal, yet vile, and dishonourable: the one will rise to a life of joy and happiness that will last for ever, and which will be properly life; the other, though they will rise and live for ever, yet in misery and woe, and which will be the second, or eternal death; see a like distinction in Daniel 12:2, to which there seems to be some, reference here. And he at whose voice all this shall be, must be equal to God.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shall come forth - Shall come out of their graves. This was the language which he used when he raised up Lazarus, John 11:43-44.

They that have done good - That is, they who are righteous, or they who have by their good works “shown” that they were the friends of Christ. See Matthew 25:34-36.

Resurrection of life - Religion is often called life, and everlasting life. See the notes at John 5:24. In the resurrection the righteous will be raised up to the full enjoyment and perpetual security of that life. It is also called the resurrection of life, because there shall be no more “death,” Revelation 21:4. The enjoyment of God himself and of his works; of the society of the angels and of the redeemed; freedom from sickness, and sin, and dying, will constitute the life of the just in the resurrection. The resurrection is also called the resurrection of the just Luke 14:14, and the first resurrection, Revelation 20:5-6.

The resurrection of damnation - The word “damnation” means the sentence passed on one by a judge - judgment or condemnation. The word, as we use it, applies only to the judgment pronounced by God on the wicked; but this is not its meaning always in the Bible. Here it has, however, that meaning. Those who have done evil will be raised up “to be condemned or damned.” This will be the object in raising them up - this the sole design. It is elsewhere said that they shall then be condemned to everlasting punishment Matthew 25:46, and that they shall be punished with everlasting destruction 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9; and it is said of the unjust that they are reserved unto the day of judgment to be punished, 2 Peter 2:9. That this refers to the future judgment - to the resurrection then, and not to anything that takes place in this life - is clear from the following considerations:

1. Jesus had just spoken of what would be done in this life - of the power of the gospel, John 5:25. He adds here that something still more wonderful - something beyond this - would take place. “All that are in the graves” shall hear his voice.

2. He speaks of those who are in their graves, evidently referring to the dead. Sinners are sometimes said to be dead in sin, but sinners are not said to be “in a grave.” This is applied in the Scriptures only to those who are deceased.

3. The language used here of the “righteous” cannot be applied to anything in this life. When God converts men, it is not because they “have been good.”

4. Nor is the language employed of the evil applicable to anything here. In what condition among men can it be said, with any appearance of sense, that they are brought forth from their graves to the resurrection of damnation? The doctrine of those Universalists who hold that all people will be saved immediately at death, therefore, cannot be true. This passage proves that at the day of judgment the wicked will be condemned. Let it be added that if “then” condemned they will be lost forever. Thus, in Matthew 25:46, it is said to be “everlasting” punishment; 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9, it is called “everlasting” destruction. There is no account of redemption in hell - no Saviour, no Holy Spirit, no offer of mercy there.