ISB ~ John 5 v29

the resurrection:Christ claims the authority to raise all men from death, the righteous and wicked alike (Acts 24:15).

• Two oracles from the OT stand in the background of Jesus’ teaching. (1) Dan 12:2 envisions a final separation of saints and sinners once their bodies have awakened from the sleep of bodily death. (2) Ezek 37:1-4 envisions the resurrection, where bones and flesh are reassembled and made to live again. Rising from the grave is made possible by the spoken words of Ezekiel, called the Son of man, and the life-giving breath of the Spirit.

Jesus casts himself in the lead role of these prophetic narratives:he is the “Son of man” (5:27) whose powerful “voice” (5:25) raises the dead from their “tombs” (5:28) and separates them for everlasting “life” or eternal “judgment” (5:29) (CCC 997-1001).