'Verily, verily, I say to you -- There cometh an hour, and it now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard shall live;John 5:25 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleThe dead shall hear the voice - Three kinds of death are mentioned in the Scriptures: natural, spiritual, and eternal.
The first consists in the separation of the body and soul. The second in the separation of God and the soul. The third in the separation of body and soul from God in the other world. Answerable to these three kinds of death, there is a threefold life: Natural life, which consists in the union of the soul and body. Spiritual life, which consists in the union of God and the soul, by faith and love. Eternal life, which consist in the communion of the body and soul with God, by holiness, in the realms of bliss.
Of the dead, our Lord says, the hour is coming, and now is, when they shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and live. The hour is coming, when all that sleep in the dust shall awake at the voice of the Son of man, and come to judgment: for he giveth life to the dead, John 5:21, John 5:28, John 5:29. Again, the hour is coming, when some of those who have died a natural death shall hear the voice of the Son of God and live again here. It is likely that our Lord had not as yet raised any from the dead; and he refers to those whom he intended to raise: see on John 5:21 (note). Lastly, the hour now is, when many who are dead in trespasses and sins, shall hear the voice (the word) of the Son of God, believe, and receive spiritual life through him.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The hour.
John 4:23 But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth...
John 13:1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world to the Father...
John 17:1 These words spoke Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify your Son...
when.
John 5:21,28 For as the Father raises up the dead, and vivifies them; even so the Son vivifies whom he will...
Luke 9:60 Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go you and preach the kingdom of God.
Luke 15:24,32 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry...
Romans 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father...
Ephesians 2:1,5 And you has he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins...
Ephesians 5:14 Why he said, Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.
Colossians 2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, has he quickened together with him...
Revelation 3:1 And to the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things said he that has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars...
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