Life and Judgment Are Through the Son
24 "Most assuredly, I say to you, John 3:16, 18; 6:47he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, (1 John 3:14)but has passed from death into life.25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when (Eph. 2:1, 5; Col. 2:13)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.26 For Ps. 36:9as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have (John 1:4; 14:6); 1 Cor. 15:45life in Himself,27 and John 9:39; (Acts 10:42; 17:31)has given Him authority to execute judgment also, Dan. 7:13because He is the Son of Man.28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will (1 Thess. 4:15–17)hear His voice29 Is. 26:19; (1 Cor. 15:52)and come forth—Dan. 12:2; Matt. 25:46; Acts 24:15those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.