What Does John 11:25 Mean in the King James?

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

John 11:25 · KJV

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THE KEY

Jesus does not only promise resurrection as an event; he names himself as the rising and the life.

THE MEANING

Jesus is both the rising from death and life itself, binding resurrection to a person rather than only to a future event. Death remains real, yet it does not have the final word over the one who trusts him.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

This undoes the belief that death has the final word over the person who trusts Jesus.

THE ROOT

ἀνάστασις

anastasis

GROWS FROM

ἀνίστημι

anistēmi

to stand up, rise, or raise up

“Resurrection” carries the movement of standing up and rising, from the verb ⁨ἀνίστημι⁩ (anistēmi), meaning “to stand up, rise.” Jesus binds that rising to himself, so resurrection here is not detached from the one who speaks.

ALSO GROWS

anistēmi: to stand up, rise, or raise up

ἀνίστημι

The verb names the rising movement contained in the word “resurrection.”

anestē: rose, stood up

ἀνέστη

This form shows the same root describing someone rising, not merely an abstract idea.

THE PATTERN

The life God gives reaches into death and calls the dead to live.

Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

Ezekiel 37:5 · KJVLife reaches the bones in their death and makes their rising possible.

But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Romans 8:11 · KJVThe one who raises Jesus also brings life to mortal bodies.

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

1 Corinthians 15:22 · KJVDeath does not end the movement toward life in Christ.

THE THREAD

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

1 Thessalonians 4:14 · KJV

The word translated “rose” is ⁨ἀνέστη⁩ (anestē), meaning “rose, stood up,” from the same verb behind “resurrection.” The rising Jesus names in John reaches into this verse as an action that also concerns those who have died.

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