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John MacEvilly’s exposition of the gospel of John offers a clear, Catholic, passage-by-passage interpretation of the text. It combines traditional exegesis with moral exhortation and so has been widely used as a daily devotional. The work was originally intended for laymen, but quickly found a place as a textbook in seminary education and has seen numerous editions.

25. Our Lord here refers to the exercise of His Divine power, in the resuscitation which He was soon to accomplish in three particular cases, viz., the son of the widow of Naim, the daughter of the ruler of the Synagogue, and Lazarus. “The hour cometh, and now is,” near at hand, before our Lord Himself departed out of life. Others, understand it of the general resurrection, which they say is to occur in “the last hour,” or during the religious dispensation, which “now is.” For, the period of the
John 5:25