Bible Strands
John 11:25
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus speaks to Martha at Lazarus's tomb, immediately after she has located resurrection in a future "last day" (v.24). He redirects her from a coming event to himself as its present source.
The words — anastasis (ἀνάστασις) literally means "a standing up," a raising from the dead; eimi (εἰμι) is the plain "I am," the same self-identification Jesus uses elsewhere (e.g., John 8:58). Together they fuse the act of resurrection with the person of Jesus in a single present-tense statement.
The thread — John 3:36 ties eternal life directly to believing in the Son; 1 John 5:11 states that this life is "in His Son"; 1 Thessalonians 4:14 grounds the hope of the dead in the same risen Jesus.
Why it lands — The verse removes resurrection from the calendar and places it in a person, asking the reader to decide whether their trust rests in a future event or in the one who claims to be that event now.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
Cross-references
- 1 Thessalonians 4:14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
- John 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- 1 John 5:11 And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
- John 1:4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
- Romans 8:10 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
- John 5:21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
- Isaiah 26:19 Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
- Romans 8:2 For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
- John 6:39 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.
- John 6:44 “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.