John 5:28

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“Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice”

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BSBPD

“Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those in the tombs shall hear his voice,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 5:28 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 19:25But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
  2. Isaiah 26:19Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
  3. Ezekiel 37:1The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.
  4. Hosea 13:14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
  5. John 3:7Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
  6. John 4:21“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
  7. John 5:20The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.
  8. John 6:39And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.
  9. John 11:24Martha replied, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
  10. Acts 3:12And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?
  11. 1 Corinthians 15:22For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
  12. 1 Corinthians 15:42So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.
  13. Philippians 3:21who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.
  14. 1 Thessalonians 4:14For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
  15. Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

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