It was a token of the future resurrection that he had predicted on an earlier occasion, when he said: “Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear [the Son of God’s] voice and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment. ” ​ — John 5: 28, 29.
این نمونه‌ای بود از رستاخیز آینده که او پیش از آن پیشگویی کرده بود ،‏ وقتی که گفت :‏ « از این تعجّب مکنید زیرا ساعتی میآید که در آن جمیع کسانیکه در قبور میباشند آواز او [پسر خدا] را خواهند شنید .‏