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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.

28. “Wonder not at this,” viz., at My saying that the Father hath given Me the power of raising the dead at will, and of judging mankind. “For, the hour cometh,” is just at hand—(this shall occur at the close of the Gospel dispensation)—when this twofold power shall be exercised by Me. “All who are in their graves,” all the dead, whether their ashes are consigned to their graves, or scattered any where else, “shall hear the voice of the Son of God,” viz., the Archangel’s trumpet, to which the power
John 5:28