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Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he die, yet will he live.
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A Person, Not Just an Event
Commentators universally highlight that Jesus redirects Martha's focus. She saw the resurrection as a distant future event, a doctrine to be believed. Jesus corrects this by declaring, "I AM the resurrection." He personalizes the concept, teaching that the power and reality of resurrection are not found in a future date, but in a present person: Himself.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I am the resurrection. I am the author or the cause of the resurrection. It so depends on my power and will, that it may…
I am the resurrection and the life (Εγω ειμ η αναστασις κα η ζωη). This reply is startling enough. They are not mere doctrines abo…
19th Century
Anglican
I am the resurrection, and the life.—She has spoken of the resurrection as a truth which she believes, and as an event in…
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Baptist
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection.
Note that our Lord did not say, "I am he who raises the dead;" but, "I am the resurrect…
Martha interpreted Jesus’ promise (v.23) that her brother would rise again in terms of the expectation of a general resurrection. She may have take…
16th Century
Protestant
I am the resurrection and the life. Christ first declares that he is the resurrection and the life, and then he explains, separat…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life , &c.] Signifying, that he was able of himself to raise men …
Here was a house where the fear of God was, and on which his blessing rested; yet it was made a house of mourning. Grace will keep sorrow from the …
13th Century
Catholic
1. The Evangelist, after telling us that Lazarus was to be raised, now describes the events surrounding it. He does so in three parts:
