28Marvel 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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And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. …
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: …
Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-30)We have here Christ’s discourse upon occasion of his being accused as a sabbath-breaker, and it seems to be his vindication of himself before the sanhedrim, when he was arraigned before them: whether on the same day, or two or three days after, does not appear; probably the same day. Observe, I. The doctrine laid down, by which he justified what he did on the sabbath day (John 5:17): He answered t…
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