Amplified Bible

John 5:25-29 Amplified Bible (AMP)

25. Believe Me when I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the time is coming and is here now when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear it shall live.

26. For even as the Father has life in Himself and is self-existent, so He has given to the Son to have life in Himself and be self-existent.

27. And He has given Him authority and granted Him power to execute (exercise, practice) judgment because He is a Son of man [very man].

28. Do not be surprised and wonder at this, for the time is coming when all those who are in the tombs shall hear His voice,

29. And they shall come out–those who have practiced doing good [will come out] to the resurrection of [new] life, and those who have done evil will be raised for judgment [raised to meet their sentence]. [Dan. 12:2.]