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John 11:25-26 KJV
John · chapter 11 · verses 25–26
25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?John 11:25-26 · King James Version
What John 11:25-26 means
Martha wanted a resurrection at the last day and Jesus answered with himself: I am the resurrection. He said it standing outside a grave that still had her brother in it. And then he asks her directly, believest thou this, which is the question the passage leaves with you.
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John 11:25-26 in context
23Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
24Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
26And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
27She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
28And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Thessalonians 4:14
- John 3:36
- 1 John 5:11-12
- John 1:4
- Romans 8:10-11
- John 5:21
- John 6:39-40
- Isaiah 26:19
- John 10:28
- John 5:24
- Romans 8:13
- 1 John 5:10-12
Key words (Strong's)
- resurrectionanastasisa raising up, rising , a rising from the dead, that of Christ, that of all men at the end…G386 →
- believethpisteuōto think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in, of the thing…G4100 →
- whosoeverpasindividually, each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything…G3956 →
- thoughkanand if, also or even if, of only, at least, even ifG2579 →
- livethzaōto live, breathe, be among the living , to enjoy real life, to have true life and worthy…G2198 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- neverou mēnever, certainly not, not at all, by no meansG3364 →
- nevereisinto, unto, to, towards, for, amongG1519 →
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The matter being determined, that Christ will go to Judea, and his disciples with him, they address themselves to their journey; in this journey some circumstances happened which the other evangelists record, as the healing of the blind man at Jericho, and the conversion of Zaccheus.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-32