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The Father and the Son

John 5:21

In 9 translations

BSB
For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
KJV
For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
WEB
For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
ASV
For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.
LSV
For as the Father raises the dead, and makes alive, so also the Son makes alive whom He wills;
YLT
'For, as the Father doth raise the dead, and doth make alive, so also the Son doth make alive whom he willeth;
DBY
For even as the Father raises the dead and quickens [them], thus the Son also quickens whom he will:
DRC
For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and giveth life: so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.
GNV
For likewise as the Father rayseth vp the dead, and quickeneth them, so the Sonne quickeneth whom he will.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὥσπερ γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ἐγείρει τοὺς νεκροὺς καὶ ζῳοποιεῖ, οὕτως καὶ ὁ υἱὸς οὓς θέλει ζῳοποιεῖ.
RP2018
Ὥσπερ γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ἐγείρει τοὺς νεκροὺς καὶ ζῳοποιεῖ, οὕτως καὶ ὁ υἱὸς οὓς θέλει ζῳοποιεῖ.
TR-Boyd
Ὥσπερ γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ἐγείρει τοὺς νεκροὺς καὶ ζῳοποιεῖ, οὕτω καὶ ὁ υἱὸς οὓς θέλει ζῳοποιεῖ.
SCR1894
ωσπερ γαρ ο πατηρ εγειρει τους νεκρους και ζωοποιει ουτως και ο υιος ους θελει ζωοποιει

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Romans 8:11And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
  • Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
  • John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
  • Acts 26:8Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
  • Luke 7:14–15Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!” And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.
  • John 17:2For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
  • John 11:43–44After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let…
  • Luke 8:54–55But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!” Her spirit returned, and at once she got up. And He directed that she be given something to eat.
  • 2 Kings 4:32–35When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed. So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD. Then Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye…
  • 2 Kings 5:7When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”
  • 1 Kings 17:21Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”
  • Romans 4:17–19As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist. Against all…

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