21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it.


In Context

18 For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

19 Jesus gave them this answer: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.

20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, to your amazement he will show him even greater things than these.

21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it.

22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,

23 that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.

John 5:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:21For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth [them;] even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:21For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and giveth life: so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:21For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:21For even as the Father raises the dead and quickens them, thus the Son also quickens whom he will:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:21For as the Father raiseth the dead and quickeneth them, even so the Son also quickeneth whom he will.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:21For as the Father raiseth the dead, and reviveth them; even so the Son reviveth whom he will.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:21For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:21'For, as the Father doth raise the dead, and doth make alive, so also the Son doth make alive whom he willeth;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:21For as the Father raises up the dead, and vivifies them; even so the Son vivifies whom he will.