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

as.

Deuteronomy 32:39 See ye that I alone am, and there is no other God besides me: I will kill and I will make to live: I will strike, and I will heal, and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

1 Kings 17:21 And he stretched, and measured himself upon the child three times, and cried to the Lord, and said: O Lord, my God, let the soul of this child, I beseech thee, return into his body.

2 Kings 4:32-35 Eliseus, therefore, went into the house, and behold the child lay dead on his bed: . . .

2 Kings 5:7 And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he rent his garments, and said: Am I God, to be able to kill and give life, that this man hath sent to me to heal a man of his leprosy? mark, and see how he seeketh occasions against me.

Acts 26:8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible that God should raise the dead?

Romans 4:17-19 (As it is written: I have made thee a father of many nations), before God, whom he believed: who quickeneth the dead and calleth those things that are not, as those that are. . . .

even.

John 11:25,43,44 Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live: . . .

John 17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he may give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him.

Luke 7:14,15 And he came near and touched the bier. And they that carried it stood still. And he said: Young man, I say to thee, arise. . . .

Luke 8:54,55 But he taking her by the hand, cried out, saying: Maid, arise. . . .

Context
The Father and the Son
20For the Father loveth the Son and sheweth him all things which himself doth: and greater works than these will he shew him, that you may wonder. 21For as the Father raiseth up the dead and giveth life: so the Son also giveth life to whom he will. 22For neither does the Father judge any man: but hath given all judgment to the Son.…
Cross References
John 6:63
It is the spirit that quickeneth: the flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

John 11:25
Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live:

Romans 4:17
(As it is written: I have made thee a father of many nations), before God, whom he believed: who quickeneth the dead and calleth those things that are not, as those that are.

Romans 8:11
And if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you; he that raised up Jesus Christ, from the dead shall quicken also your mortal bodies, because of his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

1 Corinthians 15:45
The first man Adam was made into a living soul; the last Adam into a quickening spirit.

Lexicon
For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

just as
Ὥσπερ (Hōsper)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 5618: Just as, as, even as. From hos and per; just as, i.e. Exactly like.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Father
Πατὴρ (Patēr)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

raises
ἐγείρει (egeirei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1453: (a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. Probably akin to the base of agora; to waken, i.e. Rouse.

the
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

dead
νεκροὺς (nekrous)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3498: (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

gives [them] life,
ζωοποιεῖ (zōopoiei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2227: To make that which was dead to live, cause to live, quicken. From the same as zoon and poieo; tovitalize.

so
οὕτως (houtōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3779: Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).

also
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Son
Υἱὸς (Huios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.

gives life
ζωοποιεῖ (zōopoiei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2227: To make that which was dead to live, cause to live, quicken. From the same as zoon and poieo; tovitalize.

to whom
οὓς (hous)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

He wishes.
θέλει (thelei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2309: To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design.


Additional Translations
For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.

For even as the Father raises up the dead and gives life, thus also the Son gives life to whom He will.

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

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

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

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

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

For just as the Father awakens the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom He wills.

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

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