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Joh 5:21. Γάρ, for) He declares what are those greater works: quickening and judging. From His judicial power flows His unlimited authority in quickening whom He will, and at what time He will. Weigh well the γάρ, for, Joh 5:22, “For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son.” But the quickening of the dead is a proof of His judicial power, which does not as yet come before men’s eyes. “Weigh well the γάρ, for, Joh 5:21 : and so quickening the dead raises men’s admiration in a greater degree than judging does. These two, quickening and judging, are set before us at Joh 5:21-22; and, in inverse order by χιασμός, at Joh 5:24 is discussed the exemption of believers from condemnation, which itself presupposes a judgment: at Joh 5:25 is discussed the restoration to life of some of the dead; marvellous indeed, but however so as that the general resurrection, Joh 5:28, is to exceed this marvel.-ἐγείρει, raiseth up) This double-membered sentence has this force: Just as the Father raises up the dead (whom He will), and quickens them: so also the Son (raises up the dead) whom He will, (and) quickens them.-νεκρούς, the dead) in body: for the death of the body is properly opposed to disease [alluding to the infirmity of the impotent man], Joh 5:5 : and life eternal, into which an entrance is gained through the resurrection of the body, is opposed to the judgment, Joh 5:22.-οὕς θέλει, whom He will) Never does the effect fail to follow His will. A universal assertion, as Joh 5:22-23.