Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: - q.d., 'The whole power to impart, maintain, and restore life, resides in Me.' (See the notes at 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 he were dead, [ kan (G2579 ) apothanee (G599 ), 'though he die,'] yet shall he live: - q.d., 'The believer's death shall be swallowed up in life, and his life shall never sink into death.' Since 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. (See the note at Romans 5:21.)