John 5:21

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

'Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever He wills.'

📖 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

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For lykwyse as the father rayseth vp ye deed and quickeneth them even so the sonne quyckeneth whom he will.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For as the father rayseth vp the deed, and maketh them lyue, eue so the sonne also maketh lyuynge whom he wyll.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For likewise as the Father rayseth vp the dead, and quickeneth them, so the Sonne quickeneth whom he will.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For lykewyse as the father rayseth vp the dead, and quickeneth them: euen so, the sonne quickeneth whom he wyll.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth› [them]; ‹even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• 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.

• 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In the same way, as the Father gives life to the dead, even so the Son gives life to those to whom he is pleased to give it.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.

Referenced Verses

• John 11:25 : 25 Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live.'
• Rom 8:11 : 11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who lives in you.
• Luke 7:14-15 : 14 Then He approached the coffin, touched it, and the bearers stopped. He said, 'Young man, I say to you, arise.' 15 The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.
• Luke 8:54-55 : 54 But He took her by the hand and called out, "Child, arise!" 55 Her spirit returned, and she immediately stood up. Then He directed them to give her something to eat.
• John 11:43-44 : 43 After saying this, he shouted in a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come out!' 44 The man who had died came out, bound hand and foot with strips of cloth, and his face was wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, 'Unbind him and let him go.'
• Deut 32:39 : 39 See now that I, I alone, am He, and there is no god besides Me. I put to death and I bring to life, I wound and I heal, and no one can deliver out of My hand.
• 1 Kgs 17:21 : 21 Elijah stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, "O LORD my God, please let the boy’s life return to him."
• 2 Kgs 4:32-35 : 32 When Elisha arrived at the house, there was the boy, lying dead on his bed. 33 He went in, shut the door behind them both, and prayed to the LORD. 34 Then he got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, hands to hands. As he stretched out over him, the boy’s flesh grew warm. 35 Elisha got up and walked back and forth in the house. Then he went up and stretched out over the boy again. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
• 2 Kgs 5:7 : 7 When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, 'Am I God, able to kill and bring to life, that this man sends someone to me to cure him of his leprosy? See for yourselves that he is seeking a quarrel with me!'
• John 17:2 : 2 Just as You gave Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all You have given Him.
• Acts 26:8 : 8 Why is it considered unbelievable by you that God raises the dead?
• Rom 4:17-19 : 17 As it is written: 'I have made you a father of many nations.' He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were. 18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, 'So shall your offspring be.' 19 And without weakening in faith, he did not consider his own body, which was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—or the deadness of Sarah’s womb.