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JOHN 5:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
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“For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:”
'I am telling you the truth, when the dead hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. — the assertion that the dead will hear the Son's voice and live introduces resurrection and judgment. The condition ('those who hear') makes hearing the prerequisite for life. This echoes OT language of God's creative word.

Church Fathers on John 5:22

Having said that the Father would show the Son greater works than these, He proceeds to describe these greater works: For as the Father raises up the dead, and quickens them, even so the Son quickens whom He will. These are plainly greater works, for it is more of a miracle that a dead man should rise again, than that a sick mall should recover. We must not understand from the words, that some are raised by the Father, others by the Son; but that the Son raises to life the…

Augustine · 4th century

For to will is the free power of a nature, which by the act of choice, rests in the blessedness of perfect excellence.

Hilary of Poitiers · 4th century

As He gave Him life, i.e. begot Him living; so He gave Him judgment, i.e. begot Him a judge. Gave, it is said, that you may not think Him unbegotten, and imagine two Fathers: All judgment, because He has the awarding; both of punishment and reward.

Chrysostom · 4th century
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