भाष्य सध्या फक्त इंग्रजीत उपलब्ध आहे. मराठी भाषांतर प्रगतीपथावर आहे.
John 11 — I Am the Resurrection, and the Life
Lazarus is sick. This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God. He abode two days still. Our friend Lazarus sleepeth. Martha — Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. Mary — same words. Jesus wept. He comes to the grave. Take ye away the stone... Lord, by this time he stinketh. Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? Lazarus, come forth. The chief priests and Pharisees gather a council — if we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him. Caiaphas — it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people.
“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”
— John 11:25-26
- v.1-16 Lazarus sick and dead
- v.17-37 Jesus with Martha and Mary
- v.38-44 Lazarus raised
- v.45-57 The council and Caiaphas's prophecy
Believest thou this? Christ presses the personal application. The truth about resurrection becomes saving only when believed.
The verse asks every reader. Believe — and never die. The believer's deepest comfort is that death in its real sense has been removed; what remains is mere physical sleep.
The shortest verse in the English Bible. Two words display the human tenderness of the Son of God. He wept at a friend's death, knowing He would raise him.
A comfort. Christ does not despise tears even when He knows the outcome will be joy. He weeps with the weeping; you do not need to suppress your grief to please Him.
A specific name spoken into a tomb. Some have noted — if He had not specified Lazarus, every dead in every tomb would have come out.
Come forth. The same voice that will summon every dead at the last day. The chapter is a preview.
Verse 26 is Christ's personal question to you. Believest thou this? Whether you believe shapes how you face your own death and the death of those you love. The death that takes them is not the last word; His voice will be.
John 11 is John's climactic sign before the cross. Christ raises a dead man four days in the tomb. The chapter announces Him as the resurrection and the life — and ends with the religious establishment plotting His death. The Lord of life will surrender life to give it. The chapter's shadow is the cross; its light is the empty tomb to come.
I am the resurrection, and the life. Not He provides; He is. Resurrection is His person, not just His power.
The verse rests every Christian funeral. The believer who has died is still alive in Him; the dead body is not the last word.