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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - John 5:29 - 5:29
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resurrection of life - that is, to life everlasting (Mat 25:46).
of damnation - It would have been harsh to say “the resurrection of death,” though that is meant, for sinners rise from death to death [Bengel]. The resurrection of both classes is an exercise of sovereign authority; but in the one case it is an act of grace, in the other of justice. (Compare Dan 12:2, from which the language is taken). How awfully grand are these unfoldings of His dignity and authority from the mouth of Christ Himself! And they are all in the third person; in what follows He resumes the first person.