I was reading John 5 today, and was trying to make out what is meant by the "dead" in verses 21 & 25:
"21For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will."
"25Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live."
Does it mean dead as in Ephesians 2:1,5-6?
"1And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;"
"5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved; )
6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:"
If it means the same "dead" as in Ephesians, it would seem that the passage in John is in relation to Total Depravity (the sinner being dead in sin) as it is in Ephesians. Is this a correct assessment, or am I reading it wrong, with the "dead" Jesus is referring to being something else?
"21For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will."
"25Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live."
Does it mean dead as in Ephesians 2:1,5-6?
"1And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;"
"5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved; )
6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:"
If it means the same "dead" as in Ephesians, it would seem that the passage in John is in relation to Total Depravity (the sinner being dead in sin) as it is in Ephesians. Is this a correct assessment, or am I reading it wrong, with the "dead" Jesus is referring to being something else?
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