John 5:28 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, ”

• John 5:28 - Albert 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 ar...

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• John 5:28 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (7) Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, (7) All will eventually appear before the judgment seat of Christ to be judged.

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• John 5:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• John 5:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  the graves . the tombs. Therefore they are not in heaven or hell.

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• John 5:28 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  28. Wonder not at this. We may be apt to think that he reasons inconclusively, in drawing from the last resurrection a confirmation of what he had said; for it is not an instance of greater...

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• John 5:28 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1628 THE RESURRECTION John 5:28-29 . The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurre...

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• John 5:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, Marvel not at this - I think it quite necessary to follow here, as noted above, the punctuati...

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• John 5:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Marvel not at this;— "Be not surprised at my saying that the Son has power to raise a few particular persons from the dead, and authority to inflict judgment on some particular offenders: a far gre...

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• John 5:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, Marvel not at this - this committal of all judgment to the Son of Man. For the hou...

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• John 5:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• John 5:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Marvel not at this — i.e., that He has Himself a source of life and authority to judge. There shall follow from this “greater works,” at which they shall marvel. There is an hour coming (here not w...

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• John 5:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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 thin...

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• John 5:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• John 5:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 w...

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• John 5:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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 sabbat...

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• John 5:28 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  THE TWO RESURRECTIONS ‘Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrecti...

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• John 5:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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; o...

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• John 5:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, Ver. 28. Marvel not at this ] And yet who can but marvel at this great mystery of godline...

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• John 5:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Verily, he that heareth my word, &c., hath everlasting life Such a person is already entitled to it, yea, it is already begun in his soul, and he shall shortly possess it in its full perfection...

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• John 5:28 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• John 5:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ's Discourse with the Jews; All Judgment Committed to Christ; The Christian Charter.       17 But Jesus answered them, My Father...

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• John 5:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Do not marvel at this power which I tell you the Father hath given me, to execute in the world justice and judgment; to raise some particular persons from a natural death, and whom he pleaseth from t...

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• John 5:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Jesus Confirms Their View Of His Equality With God And Points To The Resurrection ( John 5:19-29 ). Jesus now expands on His claim to be co-equal with the Father. He does not want them to be in an...

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• John 5:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 wh...

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• John 5:28 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 5:24 . Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, If we truly believe the word of Christ, and trust in him who sent h...

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• John 5:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• John 5:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The hour is coming in the which all that are in their graves shall hear His voice The general resurrection I. The RESURRECTION. 1. Its subjects. All who are in their graves. (1) The almos...

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• John 5:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 DEATH...

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• John 5:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Marvel not at this; for the hour is coming in the which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice,

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• John 5:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 15:22 ; 1 Corinthians 15:42-54 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 ; Acts 3:12 ; Ezekiel 37:1-10 ; Hosea 13:14 ; Isaiah 26:19 ; Job 19:25 ; Job 19:26 ; John 11:25 ; John 3:7 ; John 5:...

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• John 5:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The time is coming — When not two or three, but all shall rise.

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