Jesus is the resurrection and the life

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John 11:24-26 The Passion Translation (TPT)
24 She replied, “Yes, I know he will rise with everyone else on resurrection day.”[a]

25 “Martha,” Jesus said, “You don’t have to wait until then. I am[b] the Resurrection,[c] and I am Life Eternal. Anyone who clings to me in faith, even though he dies, will live forever. 26 And the one who lives by believing in me will never die.[d] Do you believe this?”[e]

Footnotes:
a: John 11:24 Or “at the last day.”
b:John 11:25 The words I am in the Aramaic are a clear statement of Christ’s deity, “I am the living God, the Resurrection and the Life!”
c: John 11:25 The Aramaic uses a word that is related linguistically to the name Noah, who was symbolically “resurrected” from the flood as the life-giver to those who repopulated the earth. Resurrection is superior to life, for life can be defeated and ended. But resurrection overcomes. Life is the power to exist, but resurrection is the power to conquer all, even death itself. Believers must learn to live in Christ our Life, but also, Christ our Resurrection to conquer all things. See Phil. 3:10.
d: John 11:26 This is very emphatic in the Greek, “never die forever!”
e: John 11:26 John presents Jesus as the great Savior who saves us from sin (John 8), blindness (John 9–10), and death (John 11).

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