Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
The Spirit giving life to the flesh which has been subdued by death; for "the hour "says He, "is coming, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that hear shall live."