יוחנן 5:28

Hebrew Modern Translation

אל תתמהו על זאת כי הנה שעה באה אשר כל שכני קבר את קולו ישמעון׃

Parallel Translations

Delitzsche Hebrew NT (1877)
אַל־תִּתְמְהוּ עַל־זֹאת כִּי הִנֵּה בָּאָה שָׁעָה וְיִשְׁמְעוּ כָּל־שֹׁכְנֵי קֶבֶר אֶת־קוֹלוֹ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Marvel: John 5:20, John 3:7, Acts 3:12

for: John 6:39, John 6:40, John 11:25, Job 19:25, Job 19:26, Isaiah 26:19, Ezekiel 37:1-10, Hosea 13:14, 1 Corinthians 15:22, 1 Corinthians 15:42-54, Philippians 3:21, 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17, Revelation 20:12

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 17:22 - and he revived 2 Kings 13:21 - touched Job 14:14 - shall he live Psalms 68:20 - unto Ezekiel 37:4 - O ye Daniel 12:2 - some to everlasting life Matthew 22:30 - in the Matthew 25:6 - a cry Mark 5:41 - Damsel Luke 7:14 - Young Luke 8:54 - Maid John 5:19 - and John 5:25 - when John 11:24 - I know John 16:32 - the hour Acts 24:15 - that Acts 26:8 - General Romans 8:11 - he that raised 1 Corinthians 6:14 - by Philippians 2:10 - under 1 Peter 4:5 - that Revelation 20:13 - the sea

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Marvel not at this,.... Either at the cure of the man that had been diseased thirty and eight years, as some think; or at the Son of God being also the son of man, as the Syriac version suggests; or rather at the dead hearing the voice of the Son of God, and living upon it; and at his having authority to execute judgment upon all, to govern and defend his own church and people, and in the last day acquit them, and to take vengeance on his and their enemies, both now and hereafter:

for the hour is coming, in which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice. This respects the general resurrection; for there will be a resurrection both of the just and unjust, of all that are in their graves; and though all that are dead are not in graves, or interred in the earth, as some are in the sea; yet, because the greater part are in graves, this phrase is chosen to express the universality of the resurrection: and this is also a proof of the resurrection of the same body; for what else are in the graves but bodies? and what else can come forth from them but the same bodies? and the time is hastening on when these bodies shall be quickened, and hear the voice of the Son of God; which whether the same with the voice of the archangel in 1 Thessalonians 4:16; and whether an articulate voice, or a violent clap of thunder, which is the voice of God, or only the exertion of Christ's mighty power is intended, is not easy to determine, and may be needless to inquire. Certain it is, that this voice of Christ will be attended with almighty power, as the effect following upon it will show. The Jews observe g, that

"there are three things which do not come into the world but "by voices"; there is the voice of a living creature, as it is written, Genesis 3:16, "in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children", and as it is written, Genesis 30:22, "and God hearkened to her"; and there is the voice of rains, as it is written, 1 Kings 18:41, "for there is a voice of abundance of rain", and it is written, Psalms 29:3, "the voice of the Lord is upon the waters"; and קול תהיית המתים, "there is the voice of the resurrection of the dead", as it is written, Isaiah 40:3, "the voice of him that crieth in the wilderness";''

but that was the voice of John the Baptist. It will be the voice of the Son of God that will quicken and raise the dead.

g Zohar in Gen. fol. 70. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Marvel not - Do not wonder or be astonished at this.

The hour is coming - The “time” is approaching or will be.

All that are in the graves - All the dead, of every age and nation. They are described as “in the graves.” Though many have turned to their native dust and perished from human view, yet God sees them, and can regather their remains and raise them up to life. The phrase “all that are in the graves” does not prove that the same particles of matter will be raised up, but it is equivalent to saying “all the dead.” See the notes at 1 Corinthians 15:35-38.

Shall hear his voice - He will restore them to life, and command them to appear before him. This is a most sublime description, and this will be a wonderful display of almighty power. None but God can “see” all the dead, none but he could remould their frames, and none else could command them to return to life.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 28. Marvel not at this — I think it quite necessary to follow here, as noted above, the punctuation of both the Syriac, the Armenian, Chrysostom, Damascenus, Theophylact, Euthymius, and others; which is found also in some very good MSS. Theophylact says that the common method of reading this, which he highly objects to, was the invention of Paul of Samosata. In John 5:26-27, our Lord, speaking of himself as envoy of God, said, the Father had given him to have life in himself, so that, like any of the ancient prophets, he could vivify others; and that he had given him authority to execute judgment, probably referring to that judgment which he was shortly to execute on this unbelieving nation, and apparently in direct reference to Daniel 7:13, Behold one like the Son of man came with the clouds, c., a place which the Jews expound of the promised Messiah. In this verse he anticipates an objection, as if they had said: "This cannot be: thou art a man-thou wast born among us." Our Lord answers: Don't marvel at this, BECAUSE I am a man-for greater things than these shall be done by me: he who now addresses you, though disguised under the form of a man, shall appear in the great day to be the Judge of quick and dead: by his almighty power, he shall raise all the dead and, by his unerring wisdom and justice, shall adjudge the wicked to hell, and the righteous to heaven. The first sense, however, of this passage, appears to some the most probable; though they both amount nearly to the same meaning.