Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
Parallel translations
- WEB Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
- KJV Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
- NKJV Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
- NASB Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; the one who believes in Me will live, even if he dies,
- NLT Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.
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Quick answer
Jesus declares, 'I am the resurrection and the life,' locating eternal life in his own person. Death cannot finally hold those who trust him.
Overview
This great 'I am' saying moves resurrection from a distant doctrine to a present Person. Jesus claims that life over death resides in himself, so that the believer who dies will yet live. The statement points forward to his own resurrection, the firstfruits guaranteeing the believer's hope, and grounds the gospel promise that union with Christ conquers the grave.
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Cross-references · 39
- 1 Th 4:14For 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 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- 1 Jn 5:11–12And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
- John 1:4In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
- Rom 8:10–11But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
- John 5:21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
- John 6:39–40And 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.
- Isa 26:19Your 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.
- 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.
- Rom 8:2For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
- Phil 3:20–21But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
- Job 19:25–27But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
- Rom 8:38–39For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
- John 6:35Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
- Phil 3:10I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,
- Rev 21:4‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
- Col 3:3–4For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
- 2 Cor 5:1–8Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
- Rev 20:5The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were complete. This is the first resurrection.
- John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- Acts 3:15You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.
- John 5:26For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
- John 14:19In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.
- Heb 11:13–16All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
- Isa 38:16O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.
- Ps 36:9For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
- Phil 1:23I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.
- Rom 5:17–19For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
- 1 Cor 15:20–26But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
- Rev 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
- 1 Jn 1:1–2That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.
- 1 Cor 15:29If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?
- 1 Cor 15:43–57It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
- Luke 23:43And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
- 2 Cor 4:14knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.
- Rev 20:10–15And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
- 1 Cor 15:18Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
- Rom 4:17As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
- Rev 22:1Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
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