Unto the resurrection of life (εις αναστασιν ζωης). Αναστασις is an old word (Aeschylus) from ανιστημ, to raise up, to arise. This…

Shall come forth. They shall come out of their graves. This was the language that he used when he raised up Lazarus ([Reference John 11:43…

Damnation.—Better, judgment. See Note on John 3:20. On “done good” and “done (practised) evil,” see Notes on Joh…

Christ as Mediator did the will of the Father, and yet also did his own will, for his will was always the same as his Father's.

Theophylact of Ohrid: The Father granted the Son power not only to give life, but also to execute judgment. And He has give…

This passage contains one of the few references to eschatology in John’s gospel. No chronological distinction is drawn here between the resurrectio…

And they who have done good. He points out believers by good works, as he elsewhere teaches that a tree is known by its fruit ([R…

And shall come forth
Out of their graves, as Lazarus came forth from his at the word of command, and as the bodies o…

Our Lord declared His authority and character, as the Me iah. The time had come when the dead would hear His voice, as the Son of God, and live. Ou…

1. Above, our Lord has shown that he had the power to give life and to judge, and he explained each by its effect. Here he shows how each of…