Ἰωάννην 5:21

Greek Modern Translation

Επειδη καθως ο Πατηρ εγειρει τους νεκρους και ζωοποιει, ουτω και ο Υιος ουστινας θελει ζωοποιει.

Parallel Translations

Byzantine/Majority Text
ωσπες γας ο πατης εγειρει τους νεκρους και ζωοποιει ουτως και ο υιος ους θελει ζωοποιει

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
ὥσπερ γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ἐγείρει τοὺς νεκροὺς καὶ ζῳοποιεῖ, οὕτως καὶ ὁ υἱὸς οὓς θέλει ζῳοποιεῖ.

Tischendorf 8th Edition
ὥσπερ γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ἐγείρει τοὺς νεκροὺς καὶ ζῳοποιεῖ, οὕτως καὶ ὁ υἱὸς οὓς θέλει ζῳοποιεῖ.

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
ωσπες γας ο πατης εγειρει τους νεκρους και ζωοποιει ουτως και ο υιος ους θελει ζωοποιει

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
ωσπερ γαρ ο πατηρ εγειρει τους νεκρους και ζωοποιει ουτως και ο υιος ους θελει ζωοποιει

Bible Verse Review
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as: Deuteronomy 32:39, 1 Kings 17:21, 2 Kings 4:32-35, 2 Kings 5:7, Acts 26:8, Romans 4:17-19

even: John 11:25, John 11:43, John 11:44, John 17:2, Luke 7:14, Luke 7:15, Luke 8:54, Luke 8:55

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 2:10 - judge Psalms 68:20 - unto Psalms 80:17 - General Psalms 119:40 - quicken Ezekiel 37:3 - O Lord God Matthew 8:3 - I will Matthew 9:6 - that the Matthew 11:27 - are Luke 1:32 - give Luke 15:24 - this John 1:4 - him John 3:31 - is above John 5:19 - and John 5:20 - greater John 5:25 - when John 14:6 - the life 1 Corinthians 12:11 - as 1 Corinthians 15:22 - in Adam 1 Corinthians 15:45 - a quickening 2 Corinthians 3:6 - giveth life Ephesians 2:1 - dead Ephesians 2:5 - quickened Philippians 3:10 - and the power Colossians 2:13 - he Colossians 3:3 - your 1 Timothy 6:13 - who quickeneth 2 Peter 1:17 - God 1 John 5:11 - this

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them,.... Which may be understood either spiritually of raising dead sinners from the death of sin, to a life of grace and holiness; and the rather, because it is expressed in the present tense "raiseth", and not "hath raised"; or naturally of raising those that are dead in a corporeal sense, and quickening them, as the widow of Sarepta's son by Elijah, and the Shunamite's son by Elisha:

even so the Son quickeneth whom he will; both in a spiritual sense, being the resurrection and the life, or the author of the resurrection from a moral death to a spiritual life, whose voice, in the Gospel, the dead in sin hear, and live; and in a natural sense, as in the above instances of Jairus's daughter, the widow of Naim's son, and Lazarus; and in the general resurrection, when at his voice, and word of power, all that are in their graves shall come forth, some to everlasting life, and some to everlasting damnation; and all this as he wills: he quickens, in a spiritual sense, whom he pleases, even as many as the Father has given him; and he will raise up to everlasting life, at the last day, whom he pleases, even as many as were made his care and charge, whom he has redeemed by his blood; and called by his grace. Now as the quickening of the dead is an act of almighty power, and this being exercised by the Son in a sovereign way, as is by his Father, it shows his proper deity, and full equality with the Father. The resurrection of the dead is here expressed by "quickening", as it frequently is by the Jews, who often speak of תהיית המתים, "the quickening the dead", for the resurrection; so the Targumist on Zechariah 3:8, "in the quickening of the dead", אחינך, "I will quicken thee"; see the Jerusalem Targum on

Genesis 29:26.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As the Father raiseth up the dead - God has power to raise the dead. By his power it had been done in at least two instances - by the prophet Elijah, in the case of the son of the widow of Sarepta 1 Kings 17:22, and by the prophet Elisha, in the case of the Shunamite’s son, 2 Kings 4:32-35. The Jews did not doubt that God had power to raise the dead. Jesus here expressly affirms it, and says he has the same power.

Quickeneth them - Gives them “life.” This is the sense of the word “quickeneth” throughout the Bible.

Even so - In the same manner. By the same authority and power. The power of raising the dead must be one of the highest attributes of the divinity. As Jesus affirms that he has the power to do this “in the same manner” as the Father, so it follows that he must be equal with God.

The Son quickeneth - Gives life to. This may either refer to his raising the dead from their graves, or to his giving spiritual life to those who are dead in trespasses and sins. The former he did in the case of Lazarus and the widow’s son at Nain, John 11:43-44; Luke 7:14-15. The latter he did in the case of all those who were converted by his power, and still does it in any instance of conversion.

Whom he will - It was in the power of Jesus to raise up any of the dead as well as Lazarus. It depended on his will whether Lazarus and the widow’s son should come to life. So it depends on his will whether sinners shall live. He has power to renew them, and the renewing of the heart is as much the result of his “will” as the raising of the dead.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 5:21. As the Father raised up the dead — This he did in the case of the widow's son at Sarepta, 1 Kings 17:22, by the ministry of the Prophet Elijah. And again, in the case of the Shunamite's son, 2 Kings 4:32-35, by the ministry of the Prophet Elisha.

The Son quickeneth whom he will. — He raiseth from death to life whomsoever he pleases. So he did, for he raised the ruler's daughter, Mark 5:35-42; the widow's son at Nain, Luke 7:11-15; and Lazarus, at Bethany, John 11:14-44.

Whom he will. Here our Lord points out his sovereign power and independence; he gives life according to his own will - not being obliged to supplicate for the power by which it was done, as the prophets did; his own will being absolute and sufficient in every case.