The Father Raises the Dead
“For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will.”
Listen to the "Verse by Verse" episode covering this scripture.
Jesus Christ explained that He had been given the same power His Father had—the power to bring a dead person back to life, and the power to give immortal life to mortal human beings! In fact, the following verse shows that the Father had delegated all judgment to Jesus Christ (verse 22).
We can be very thankful to have Jesus as our judge. He lived a physical life, understands our temptations and knows our weaknesses, and He was willing to give His life to pay for our sins. He is a merciful judge who greatly “desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:4).
Read more about the resurrections in our article “What Are the Resurrections?” and other articles in the section on “Life After Death.”
