Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Jesus said, I am the resurrection and the life—"The whole power to restore, impart, and maintain life, resides in Me." (See on John 1:4; John 5:21). What higher claim to supreme divinity than this grand saying can be conceived?
he that believeth in me, though . . . dead . . . shall he live—that is, The believer's death shall be swallowed up in life, and his life shall never sink into death. As death comes by sin, it is His to dissolve it; and as life flows through His righteousness, it is His to communicate and eternally maintain it (Romans 5:21). The temporary separation of soul and body is here regarded as not even interrupting, much less impairing, the new and everlasting life imparted by Jesus to His believing people.
Believest thou this?—Canst thou take this in?
Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again—purposely expressing Himself in general terms, to draw her out.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing John 11:25:
John 9:5
John 11:39-44
John 11:40
Ephesians 2:5
Colossians 3:4
1 John 5:11
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