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John 5:28

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John 5:28 (WEB)

Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice

Catechism · 1

  • §1038Article 12 · "I Believe in Life Everlasting"Read at vatican.va

    “This will be "the hour when all who are in the tombs will hear [the Son of man's] voice and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 5:28-29.

Fathers and councils · 21

Irenaeus of Lyons

Jerome

  • ““The hour cometh,” he says, “In which all that are in the tombs shall hear His voice, and shall come forth: they that have done good unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done ill unto the resurrection of judgment.”” — editor's note: S. John v. 28, 29.

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John Damascene

John Chrysostom

Augustine of Hippo

Tertullian

  • “…Son of God, and shall come forth; they that have done good, to the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation,”—none will after such words be able to interpret the dead “that are in the graves” as any other than the bodies of the flesh, because the graves themselves are…” — editor's note: John v. 28, 29.

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Catena Aurea on John

  • Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John

    The Father granted the Son power not only to give life, but also to execute judgment. And hath given Him authority to execute judgment.

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  • John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John

    But why does He dwell so constantly on these subjects; judgment, resurrection, and life? Because these are the most powerful arguments for bringing men over to the faith, and the most likely ones to prevail with…

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  • Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John

    Or thus: Inasmuch as the Word was in the beginning with God, the Father gave Him to have life in Himself; but inasmuch as the Word was made flesh of the Virgin Mary, being made man, He became the Son of man: and as…

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  • Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John

    At the judgment will appear the form of man, that form will judge, which was judged; He will sit a Judge Who stood before the judge; He will condemn the guilty, Who was condemned innocent. For it is proper that the…

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  • Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John

    None if the founders of false religious sects have been able to deny the resurrection of the soul, but many have denied the resurrection of the body; and, unless Thou, Lord Jesus, hadst declared it, what answer could…

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  • Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John

    He does not add, And now is, here; because this hour would be at the end of the world. Marvel not, i. e. marvel not, men will all be judged by a man. But what men? Not those only, whom He will find alive, For the…

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  • Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John

    What can be plainer? Men’s bodies are in their graves, not their souls. Above when He said, The hour cometh, and added, and now is; He proceeds, When the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God. He does not say,…

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