(4) For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth [them]; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
(4) The Father makes no man partaker of everlasting life except in Christ, in whom alone also he is truly worshipped.
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 Shunami...
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 K...
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Healing of the Impotent Man. (John 5:1 .)_ 2. The Opposition of the Jews. (John 5:10 .) 3. His Unity with the Father. (John 5:19 .) 4. The Present Hour. Believers Delivered from...
THE SON'S DEPENDENCE ON THE FATHER. JUDGMENT AND LIFEGIVING. To the charge of blasphemy He answers that a son can only do what he has learned to do by watching his father, who out of love shows him ho...
SO THE SON QUICKENETH WHOM HE WILL. The Father is the fountain of life, and can restore life to the dead. The Son possesses the same power and will show it forth....
For as the Father raises the dead and makes them alive, so the Son also makes alive those whom he wishes. Neither does the Father judge anyone, but he has given the whole process of judging to the Son...
This is the truth I tell you--the Son cannot do anything which proceeds from himself. He can only do what he sees the Father doing. In whatever way the Father acts, the Son likewise acts in the same w...
MAN'S HELPLESSNESS AND CHRIST'S POWER (John 5:1-9)...
RAISETH. awaketh. Greek _egeiro._ App-178. THE DEAD. corpses. See App-139. QUICKENETH. giveth life to. Occurs in John only here, twice, and John 6:63. Then universally believed by the Jews. THEM. S...
_The intimacy of the Son with the Father proved by the twofold power committed to the Son_(a) _of communicating spiritual life_, (b) _of causing the bodily resurrection of the dead_....
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
_raiseth up the dead_ This is one of the -greater works" which the Father sheweth the Son, and which the Son imitates, the raising up those who are spiritually dead. Not all of them: the Son imparts l...
The Father imparts to the Son the power of raising the spiritually dead. It is very important to notice that -raising the dead" in this section is _figurative_; raising from moral and spiritual death:...
21–29. _The intimacy of the Son with the Father proved by the twofold power committed to the Son_ (a) _of communicating spiritual life_, (b) _of causing the bodily resurrection of the dead_....
21–27. The Father imparts to the Son the power of raising the spiritually dead. It is very important to notice that ‘raising the dead’ in this section is _figurative_; raising from moral and spiritual...
ἘΓΕΊΡΕΙ Τ. Ν. This is one of the ‘greater works’ which the Father sheweth the Son, and which the Son imitates, the raising up those who are spiritually dead. Not all of them: the Son imparts life only...
THE DISCOURSE ON THE SON AS THE SOURCE OF LIFE...
THE PREROGATIVES AND POWERS OF THE SON OF GOD...
VER 21. FOR AS THE FATHER RAISES UP THE DEAD, AND QUICKENS THEM; EVEN SO THE SON QUICKENS WHOM HE WILL. 22. FOR THE FATHER JUDGES NO MAN, BUT HAS COMMITTED ALL JUDGMENT TO THE SON: 23. THAT ALL MEN SH...
_THE AUTHORITY OF THE SON OF GOD -- JOHN 5:19-30:_ In a lengthy reply to the Jews Jesus gave proof of His deity and ministry. Jesus declared that the Son can do nothing on His own. As the Son of God,...
ΓΆΡ (G1063) ибо. Вводит пример действия принципа, описанного в ст. 19-20 (Carson), ΕΓΕΊΡΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΈΓΕΊΡΩ (G1453) поднимать, ΖΩΟΠΟΙΕΪ́ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΖΩΟΠΟΙΈΩ (G2227) оживлять....
DISCOURSE: 1626 CHRIST’S VINDICATION OF HIS OWN DIVINE CHARACTER John 5:21. _As the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. For the Father judgeth no...
FOR AS THE FATHER RAISETH UP THE DEAD,— "You have now seen the cure of one who had been long disabled by a disease; but I have not yet raised any from the dead: however, you shall quickly see that it...
THE DEITY STATED _Text 5:19-23_ 19 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what thing...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 5:16-30 We present our customary Analysis of the passage which is to be before us. It sets forth the absolute equality of the Son with the Father:— There is an...
For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. FOR AS THE FATHER RAISETH UP THE DEAD, AND QUICKENETH THEM - one act in two stages, the resurre...
10 The day on which the cure was effected indicates that its fulfillment will find place in that great sabbatism that remains for God's people of the Circumcision (Heb_4:9). As a pallet was a mere bun...
BETHESDA. CHRIST AND THE SABBATH 1-47. A miracle at the Pool of Bethesda on the Sabbath Day, and a controversy arising therefrom. This miracle may be regarded as a parable illustrating the deadly effe...
This v. speaks both of spiritual and literal death....
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 5 JESUS CURES A SICK MAN 5:1-15 V1 After this, Jesus went to *Jerusalem for another *Jewish *festival. V2 There was a p...
The following verses (John 5:21) show what these greater works are. They are the Resurrection and the judgment; but these are regarded as spiritual as well as physical, as present as well as future. O...
CHAPTER 13 JESUS LIFE-GIVER AND JUDGE. “The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole. And for this cause did the Jews persecute Jesus, because He did these things o...
ὥσπερ γὰρ … ζωοποιεῖ. This is one of the “greater works” which the Father shows to the Son. The Jews believed in the power of God to give life and to raise the dead; see Deuteronomy 32:39; 1 Samuel 2:...
THE FATHER WORKING THROUGH THE SON John 5:19-29 The relationship of our Lord to the Father was such that He felt Himself competent to fulfill all the functions of the Divine Being. Is it God's prerog...
It was at this time that the conflict between Christ and His enemies, which culminated in His Cross began. A miracle wrought on the Sabbath gave rise to this first outbreak. Throughout this chapter we...
For as the Father... giveth life, so also the Son giveth life to whom he will; where these words, to give life to whom he will, shew the power of the Son and of the Father to be equal. (Witham) --- Ou...
CHAPTER 13 THE POOL OF BETHESDA John 5:1-47. _“After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.”_ You always find the phraseology in the Bible, _“Go up to Jerusalem.”...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. XXVIII. Vv. 19-29. 1. The reference in John 5:19 ff., to the union between the Son and the Father is to the complete union in working, which is founded upon...
FIRST SECTION: 5:1-47. FIRST OUTBREAK OF HATRED IN JUDEA. 1. The miracle, occasion of the conflict: John 5:1-16; John 2. The discourse of Jesus, commentary and defense of the miracle: John 5:17-47....
VER. 21. “ _For, as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, so doth the Son also make alive whom He will._ ” To raise the dead is a greater work than to heal an impotent man; hence the _for....
SECOND PART: THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNBELIEF IN ISRAEL. 5:1- 12:50. UP to this point, decided faith and unbelief have been only exceptional phenomena; the masses have remained in a state of passive indiff...
II. THE DISCOURSE OF JESUS: JOHN 5:17-47. In this discourse which is designed to vindicate the act which He has just performed, the three following thoughts are developed: 1. Jesus justifies His work...
The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole. (16) And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
21._For as the Father raiseth up the dead. _Here he gives a summary view of the nature of the office which had been given to him by the Father; for though he appears to specify one class, yet it is a...
chapter 5 contrasts the quickening power of Christ, the power and the right of giving life to the dead, with the powerlessness of legal ordinances. They required strength in the person that was to pro...
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 rathe...
For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth _them_; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. Ver. 21. _Raiseth up the dead_] Bringing them from the jaws of death to the joys of life; which...
_For as the Father raiseth up the dead_, &c. Here he declares what are those greater works, namely, raising the dead and judging the world. These two, quickening and judging, are proposed, John 5:21....
THE SON QUICKENETH; giveth life, natural and spiritual, to whom he will-thus doing the work of God, and showing that he is God. This is one of the greater things referred to. The other was the judging...
FOR AS THE FATHER RAISETH UP THE DEAD AND QUICKENETH THEM, EVEN SO THE SON QUICKENETH WHOM HE WILL....
The greater miracles:...
AGAIN IN JERUSALEM: THE POOL OF BETHESDA (vs.1-15) Once more we find the Lord Jesus visiting Jerusalem, and as in Chapter 2:13 the feast is called "the Jews' Passover" rather than the Passover of Jeh...
17-23 The Divine power of the miracle proved Jesus to be the Son of God, and he declared that he worked with, and like unto his Father, as he saw good. These ancient enemies of Christ understood him,...
He seemeth not to speak of what God will do in the general resurrection, but of those whom the Lord raised up from the dead in the Old Testament, by Elijah and Elisha. The giving of and restoring unto...
Tertullian De Corona Even an earthly serpent sucks in men at some distance with its breath. Going still further, John says, "My little children, keep yourselves from idols,"[37] Tertullian Against P...
John 5:21 For G1063 as G5618 Father G3962 raises G1453 (G5719) dead G3498 and G2532 life G2227 ...
“For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so also the Son gives life to whoever he wishes.” Thus just as the Father can raise the dead and give life, both now and in the age to come...
JESUS CONFIRMS THEIR VIEW OF HIS EQUALITY WITH GOD AND POINTS TO THE RESURRECTION (JOHN 5:19). Jesus now expands on His claim to be co-equal with the Father. He does not want them to be in any doubt,...
John 5:21. FOR EVEN AS THE FATHER RAISETH UP THE DEAD AND MAKETH TO LIVE, SO THE SON ALSO MAKETH TO LIVE WHOM HE WILL. This verse begins the explanation of the ‘greater works' which the Father ‘will s...
The performance of the miracle of healing on the sabbath had roused the active opposition of the Jews to Jesus, and that again had led to the great declaration contained in John 5:17, in which Jesus a...
QUICKENETH WHOM HE WILL (ους θελε ζωοποιε). Present active indicative of ζωοποιεω (from ζωοποιος, making alive), common in Paul (1 Corinthians 15:45, etc.). As yet, so far as we know, Jesus had not...
John 5:1. _After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem._ For he had respect to the Law. As long as the Law lasted, Christ observed it. Oh, that we were as careful to obey...
CONTENTS: Healing of the man at the pool of Bethesda. Jesus answers the Jews. The four-fold witness to Jesus. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, infirm man, John the Baptist, Moses. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ, th...
John 5:2. _Now there is at Jerusalem a pool, called Bethesda,_ which signifies a house of mercy, beneficence, or alms. The pool was situate at too great a distance from the temple to be a place for wa...
19-21. SO JESUS ANSWERED THEM. He answers their charge of blasphemy by showing there is the closest cooperation between the Father and the Son. THE SON DOES NOTHING ON HIS OWN. This is said directly a...
_The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He seeth the Father do_ THE UNITY OF THE FATHER AND THE SON The Jews sought to kill Jesus in obedience to the law (1) because He wrought a miracle on th...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 5:21 Jesus’ statement that THE SON also GIVES LIFE TO WHOM HE WILL is another claim to deity. It shows that Jesus does what only God can do: raise the dead and give life. This “life”...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 5:1 Chapters John 5:1 tell of escalating conflict between Jesus and the Jewish authorities. As Jesus defends his ministry, he cites several major witnesses on his behalf....
1-47 CHAPTER 5 _After these things,_ &c. Observe, John here omits many things which Christ did in Galilee, but which Matthew records from the 4th to the 12th chapter of his Gospel. For what Matthew...
_For as the Father_ &c. Behold here is the first _greater work_ which Christ said the Father _would show_, that is, _communicate_, to the Son. As S. Cyril says, "Marvel not that one who was utterly we...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 5:19. THE SON CAN DO NOTHING OF HIMSELF.—This statement refers back to and justifies that of John 5:17. He is still speaking of the eternal relation in which He s...
EXPOSITION Here commences the second division of the Gospel (John 5:1) II. THE CONFLICT WITH THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM, GALILEE, AND JERUSALEM, TO THE
Shall we turn in our Bibles to the fifth chapter of the gospel of John. John has just recorded in the fourth chapter the ministry of Jesus in the Galilee when He was at the city of Cana and the noblem...
1 Kings 17:21; 2 Kings 4:32; 2 Kings 5:7; Acts 26:8; Deuteronomy 32:3
Raiseth - quickeneth. Physically and spiritually. The Son quickeneth. Not raiseth and quickeneth. The quickening, however (zwopoiei, maketh alive), includes the raising, so that the two clauses are c...
For — He declares which are those greater works, raising the dead, and judging the world. The power of quickening whom he will follows from the power of judging. These two, quickening and judging, are...
A third argument, proving Christ to be God, and equal with the Father, is here produced? namely, his raising of the dead; he is joined with the Father in that work, and equal with him: AS THE FATHER Q...