The hour. An hour. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), App-6, for. definite and special time. now is. Because, had the nation repented, "all that the prophets had spoken" would have been fulfilled according to Acts 3:21, including the resurrection foretold in Ezekiel 37, and Isaiah 26:19, &c.
the Son of God. App-98. This title is associated with resurrection, as in John 5:27 judgment is with the Son of man.
shall live. See note on John 4:50.