John 5:21

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. Supply the Ellipsis (complex, App-6.), thus: "quickeneth [whom He will]; so the Son also [raiseth the dead, and] quickeneth whom He will. "

the Son. the Son also.

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²¹ For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

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