Common misinterpretations reduce Jesus' life-giving power to a subordinate or delegated ability rather than inherent divinity co-equal with the Father, or confine it solely to physical resurrection while ignoring its primary spiritual meaning of regeneration; others promote universalism by assuming all are quickened regardless of faith, or deny sovereign election by portraying 'whom he will' as arbitrary caprice instead of purposeful divine choice aligned with God's justice and grace.
John 5:21
King James Version (1769)
21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
John 5:21 asserts Jesus' divine authority equal to the Father's in granting life to the dead, highlighting the Son's sovereign power to spiritually quicken and resurrect whomever he wills, which underscores his deity, unity with God, and role in salvation as part of the broader context of his self-revelation in John 5.