John 5:21

American Standard Version (1901)

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὥσπερ γὰρ ὁ Πατὴρ ἐγείρει τοὺς νεκροὺς, καὶ ζωοποιεῖ· οὕτως καὶ ὁ Υἱὸς οὓς θέλει ζωοποιεῖ.

Transliteration

Just as for the Patēr egeirei the nekrous, and zōopoiei; thus also the Huios whom he thelei zōopoiei.

Grammar Details

• *Hōsper*: adverb - just as/as
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for
• *Patēr*: noun, nominative, masculine, singular - Father
• *egeirei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular of *egeirō* - raises
• *nekrous*: adjective used as noun, accusative, masculine, plural - dead ones
• *zōopoiei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular of *zōopoieō* - makes alive
• *houtōs*: adverb - thus/so/in this manner
• *kai*: conjunction - also/even
• *Huios*: noun, nominative, masculine, singular - Son
• *hous*: relative pronoun, accusative, masculine, plural - whom
• *thelei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular of *thelō* - he wills/wishes

Word Meanings

• *egeirei*: raises/raises up/awakens
• *nekrous*: dead ones/dead people/those who have died
• *zōopoiei*: makes alive/gives life/quickens
• *thelei*: wills/desires/wishes/chooses

Referenced Verses

• John 11:25 : 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;
• Rom 8:11 : 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
• Luke 7:14-15 : 14 And he came nigh and touched the bier: and the bearers stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. 15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
• Luke 8:54-55 : 54 But he, taking her by the hand, called, saying, Maiden, arise. 55 And her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately: and he commanded that [something] be given her to eat.
• John 11:43-44 : 43 And when he had thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 44 He that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes; and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
• Deut 32:39 : 39 See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
• 1 Kgs 17:21 : 21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.
• 2 Kgs 4:32-35 : 32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. 33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto Jehovah. 34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon him; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. 35 Then he returned, and walked in the house once to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
• 2 Kgs 5:7 : 7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
• John 17:2 : 2 even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life.
• Acts 26:8 : 8 Why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?
• Rom 4:17-19 : 17 (as it is written, A father of many nations have I made thee) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were. 18 Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be. 19 And without being weakened in faith he considered his own body now as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb;