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John 5:28

John 5:28
Marvel 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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Marvel not at this,.... Either at the cure of the man that had been diseased thirty and eight years, as some think; or at the Son of God being also the son of man, as the Syriac version suggests; or…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Marvel not - Do not wonder or be astonished at this. The hour is coming - The “time” is approaching or will be. All that are in the graves - All the dead, of every age and nation. They are described…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Marvel not at this - I think it quite necessary to follow here, as noted above, the punctuation of both the Syriac, the Armenian, Chrysostom, Damascenus, Theophylact, Euthymius, and others; which is…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

John 5:17-30

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

John 5:28-29

The intimacy between the Father and the Son further proved by the power committed to the Son of causing the bodily resurrection of the dead.