John 5:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι Ἔρχεται ὥρα, καὶ νῦν ἐστιν, ὅτε οἱ νεκροὶ ἀκούσονται τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ: καὶ οἱ ἀκούσαντες ζήσονται.

Transliteration

Amēn, amēn, I legō to you, that Erchetai hōra, and now estin, when the nekroi akousontai of the phōnēs of the Huiou of the Theou: and the ones akousantes zēsontai.

Grammar Details

*Amēn*: Hebrew term transliterated - truly/verily
*legō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I say/tell
*hymin*: personal pronoun, dative, 2nd plural - to you
*hoti*: conjunction - that
*Erchetai*: present middle indicative, 3rd singular of *erchomai* - comes/is coming
*hōra*: noun, nominative, feminine, singular - hour/time
*estin*: present active indicative, 3rd singular of *eimi* - is
*hote*: temporal conjunction - when
*nekroi*: adjective used as noun, nominative, masculine, plural - dead ones
*akousontai*: future middle indicative, 3rd plural of *akouō* - will hear
*phōnēs*: noun, genitive, feminine, singular - voice
*Huiou*: noun, genitive, masculine, singular - Son
*Theou*: noun, genitive, masculine, singular - God
*akousantes*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having heard
*zēsontai*: future middle indicative, 3rd plural of *zaō* - will live

Word Meanings

*Erchetai hōra*: hour is coming/time is coming
*nekroi*: dead ones/dead people
*phōnēs*: voice/call/sound
*akousantes*: having heard/those who hear
*zēsontai*: will live/will come to life

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Referenced Verses

John 4:23 : 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers.
Luke 15:24 : 24 for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
John 5:28 : 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,
Eph 2:5 : 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
Rev 3:1 : 1 And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and thou art dead.
Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
Eph 2:1 : 1 And you [did he make alive,] when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,
Luke 9:60 : 60 But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God.
Col 2:13 : 13 And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, [I say], did he make alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses;
John 8:43 : 43 Why {G5101} do ye not understand my speech? [Even] because ye cannot {G1410} hear my word.
John 8:47 : 47 He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.
John 13:1 : 1 Now before the feast of the passover, {G3588} Jesus knowing that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto his Father, having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
John 17:1 : 1 These things spake Jesus; and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the son may glorify thee:
Rom 6:4 : 4 We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
Luke 15:32 : 32 But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive [again]; and [was] lost, and is found.
John 4:21 : 21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor {G3777} in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father.
John 5:21 : 21 For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.

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