<p>5:28 <i>Marvel not at this For the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice</i>- The Lord repeatedly tells the cynical and unbelieving Jews of His day <i>not </i>to marvel / wonder, but to <i>believe</i>. Perhaps we're intended to read in an ellipsis to these passages: 'Don't only marvel / wonder but <i>believe</i>&rsquo;. John later used the same phrase himself in 1 Jn. 3:13- he was so influenced by reflecting upon the words of the Lord Jesus that His words became John&rsquo;s words. Our language and thought processes should be likewise changed as we come to have Christ in us, and His spirit becomes ours.</p><p>&quot;The tombs&quot; translates a Greek term rooted in the idea of remembrance; 'memorial tombs' or 'cenotaph' would be no bad translation. The &quot;all&quot; in view are therefore those within the 'memory' of God, the believers. This is established by the context, which has spoken of how all who now receive the life of the Spirit shall also rise to life in the last day. We who have heard His voice now shall again hear it at the resurrection. It is that word of command which is therefore presented here as the basis for resurrection to life, just as Lazarus is later depicted as coming out of the tomb at the sound of the Lord's voice, as a worked example of what the Lord means here.</p>