John 5:28
New International Version
“Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice

New Living Translation
Don’t be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the voice of God’s Son,

English Standard Version
Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice

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

Berean Literal Bible
Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming in which all those in the tombs will hear His voice,

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

New King James Version
Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice

New American Standard Bible
Do not be amazed at this; for a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,

NASB 1995
“Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,

NASB 1977
“Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs shall hear His voice,

Legacy Standard Bible
Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,

Amplified Bible
Do not be surprised at this; for a time is coming when all those who are in the tombs will hear His voice,

Christian Standard Bible
Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear his voice

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Do not be astonished at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in the graves shall hear his voice,

Contemporary English Version
Don't be surprised! The time will come when all of the dead will hear the voice of the Son of Man,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wonder not at this; for the hour cometh, wherein all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Don't be surprised at what I've just said. A time is coming when all the dead will hear his voice,

Good News Translation
Do not be surprised at this; the time is coming when all the dead will hear his voice

International Standard Version
Don't be amazed at this, because the time is approaching when everyone in their graves will hear the Son of Man's voice

Literal Standard Version
Do not wonder at this, because there comes an hour in which all those in the tombs will hear His voice,

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

New American Bible
Do not be amazed at this, because the hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice

NET Bible
"Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice

New Revised Standard Version
Do not be astonished at this; for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice

New Heart English Bible
Do not be amazed at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice,

Webster's Bible Translation
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

Weymouth New Testament
Wonder not at this. For a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice and will come forth--

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

Young's Literal Translation
'Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those in the tombs shall hear his voice,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Father and the Son
27And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man. 28Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice 29and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.…

Cross References
Daniel 12:2
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

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.

John 4:23
But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.

John 5:25
Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

John 11:24
Martha replied, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day."

Acts 24:15
and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

1 Corinthians 15:52
in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Marvel.

John 5:20
For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

John 3:7
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

Acts 3:12
And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?

for.

John 6:39,40
And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day…

John 11:25
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

Job 19:25,26
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: …

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(28) Marvel not at this--i.e., that He has Himself a source of life and authority to judge. There shall follow from this "greater works," at which they shall marvel. There is an hour coming (here not with the addition "and now is," verse .25) when the victory over physical death shall also make manifest this life, for "all that are in the graves" shall hear His voice, and the final judgment shall declare to the universe His authority to judge.

Verses 28, 29. - It is impossible not to draw a distinction between the theme of these verses and that of vers. 24, 25. The Lord announces an event which is in the future altogether. The "and now is," which characterized the first resurrection of which he spoke, is here omitted. The description of the subjects of the resurrection as those "in their graves," contradistinguishes them from "the dead" of ver. 25 - a phrase which will suffer several interpretations. The universality of the summons, and the impossibility of neglecting it or ignoring it, form another marked contrast to the resurrection already referred to. Marvel not at this! At what? Clearly at the entire statement that the resurrection of dead souls will be the undoubted issue of accepting Christ's word and identifying it with the word of God. Marvel not that the judgment of the world is entrusted to "the Son," because he is both Son of man as well as Son of God. "Marvel not" is a relative word. It means obviously that there is a greater marvel still in store. Because the hour is coming; always coming, though it seemeth long - coming swiftly, measured on the great clock face of the universe. Geological time, astronomical aeons, should before this have rebuked our impertinence about the delays of God, and our shallow criticism of the fulness of the times. "One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." As compared with geological annals, still less with God's eternities, it is only the day before yesterday when Adam fell; it is only yesterday that Jesus died and rose again, and tomorrow that he will come in his glory. The hour is coming when all who are in the graves shall hear his voice. The same voice that wakes the spiritually dead shall pierce the clods, shall find the buried dead, shall bring once more into the world of the visible and tangible the long forgotten lived. Every solitary life lives with him and before him. The organic clothing of the spirit, which goes on, as St. Paul suggests (2 Corinthians 5:1) from the death of the physical body till the coming of the Son of God with glory, does not render this statement more difficult, but more comprehensible. As far as this world is concerned, those who are clothed upon with the house not made with hands - those who are with Christ, are to all appearance dead, and in their "graves," in their memorial places; but they will all hear the voice of the Son, and they will come, forth; they that have done good things, to the resurrection of life; they that have practised evil things, to the resurrection of judgment. They will come forth from these hiding places of fading memories. Even tombs of prophets and kings are themselves buried, covered by the graves of the many generations that have followed. The grave hidden will come forth into what we call the reality, visibility, tangibility, of things. The hour is coming on apace when Death himself shall be dead, and the mystery of time be finished. They that rise will divide themselves into two classes. The anastasis will have two forms. There is a "resurrection of life" and a "resurrection of judgment." Those who have indeed passed from spiritual death to life will not come into "judgment" (not κρίμα or κατάκριμα, but κρίσις) when their anastasis is complete, their judgment is over, their life is secure. When those who have not heard the voice of the Son of God, have not come to the light, who are not of God nor of the truth - men who have deliberately practised "evil things" without compunction or amendment, - when these are called from their tombs, from their shadowy hiding places, into the presence of him who executes judgment, it will be to undergo the (κρίσις) judgment (2 Corinthians 5:10). We must, indeed, all be made manifest before the judgment throne of Christ, to receive the consequences of "the doing of well" and "the practice of evil." The issue of the one is life, and of the other is judgment. The suggestion seems to be that such judgment may issue unfavourably, but the thought is centred upon the process of the judgment. The effort of Reuss and others to draw a marked distinction between the eschatology of the synoptists and of John fails. Christ does not represent the spiritual resurrection as "greater work" than the physical resurrection. On the contrary, white he speaks of the marvelling of his hearers at his claim to quicken the spiritually dead, yet the ground of their marvel is emphatically arrested (see ver. 28) until they should recognize to the full the fact that, as Son of God and Son of man, he would call all the dead from their graves. Thoma finds admirable justification for this representation by the Johannist of the Messianic Judge, alike in the Book of Daniel, in the synoptic Gospels, in the Pauline Epistles, and Apocalypse!

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
{Do} not
μὴ (mē)
Adverb
Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.

be amazed at
θαυμάζετε (thaumazete)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 2296: (a) intrans: I wonder, marvel, (b) trans: I wonder at, admire. From thauma; to wonder; by implication, to admire.

this,
τοῦτο (touto)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

for
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

[the] hour
ὥρα (hōra)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5610: Apparently a primary word; an 'hour'.

is coming
ἔρχεται (erchetai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2064: To come, go.

when
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

all
πάντες (pantes)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

who [are]
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

[their]
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

graves
μνημείοις (mnēmeiois)
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3419: A tomb, sepulcher, monument. From mneme; a remembrance, i.e. Cenotaph.

will hear
ἀκούσουσιν (akousousin)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

voice
φωνῆς (phōnēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 5456: Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language.


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