John 5:24-25
What is written? (ESV)
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
What does it say?
I (Jesus) tell you a fact, that whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life. He won’t be condemned, but has passed from death to life. Truly, the hour is coming and is here now, when the dead hear the voice of the Son of God and upon hearing will live.
What is its immediate context?
Jesus is in Jerusalem and healing on the Sabbath day and stating that He was the son of God. “This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.” (vs 18)
How John 5:24-25 is applied across Bible answers
Will there be a physical bodily resurrection?
Jesus' two "truth" statements say the same thing and describe the spiritual resurrection (e.g. the first resurrection) that takes place when one hears and obeys His word. It was present then.
This spiritual resurrection is followed by (vss 28-29 where "the hour is coming") the physical bodily resurrection ("all who are in the graves") described taking place at the final judgment.
