John 11:25 (WEB)
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
Catechism · 1
“Jesus links faith in the resurrection to his own person: "I am the Resurrection and the life."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 11:25.
Fathers and councils · 43
Gregory of Nyssa
“If the eternal life is not in the Son, then assuredly He Who said, “I am the life,” will be convicted of falsehood, or else He is life, it is true, but not eternal life.” — editor's note: S. John xi. 25
Read the whole comment“For life was not brought in from without upon the Son either (for He says, “I am the Life”), nor is His Life either composite, nor does it admit difference, but by virtue of that life itself He is immortal (for in what else but in life can we see immortality?), and by virtue of that immortality He is imperishable.” — editor's note: S. John xi. 25
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“But our Lord is Himself the resurrection, as He does Himself declare, “I am the resurrection and the life.”” — editor's note: John xi. 25.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For in the same way that John here preaches that incomprehensible union. ‘the mortal being swallowed up of life,’ nay, of Him who is Very Life (as the Lord said to Martha, ‘I am the Life’), so when the blessed Peter says that through Jesus Christ the Word was sent, he implies the divine union also.” — editor's note: John xi. 25.
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Tertullian
“…the print of thy foot: and God shall give thee a wearying heart, and a pining soul, and failing eyes, that they see not: and thy life shall hang on the tree before thine eyes; and thou shalt not trust thy life.”” — editor's note: In ligno. There are no such words in the LXX. If the words be retained, “thy life” will mean Christ, who is called “our Life” in Col. iii. 4. See also John i.…
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Lazarus died: one day had passed, and a second, and a third: his sinews were decayed, and corruption was preying already upon his body.” — editor's note: John xi. 14–44.
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Ambrose of Milan
“It is Truth, Righteousness, the Power of God: not dumb, for it is the Word; not insensible, for it is Wisdom; not vain and foolish, for it is Power; not soulless, for it is the Life; not dead, for it is the Resurrection.” — editor's note: Christ the Word: S. John i. 1–18. Wisdom: 1 Cor. i. 24, 30. Life and Resurrection: S. John xi. 25.
Read the whole comment“O fools, talking as though they knew not the difference between the word uttered and the Divine Word, abiding eternally, born of the Father—born, I say, not uttered only—in Whom is no combination of syllables, but the fulness of the eternal Godhead and life without end!” — editor's note: Col. i. 19; ii. 9; iii. 4; S. John i. 4; v. 26; xi. 25; xiv. 6; Rev. i. 18.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Whence our Lord saith, “He that believeth on Me, though he die, yet shall he live;”—“seeing there is a remainder for the man that maketh peace.”” — editor's note: John xi. 25.
Read the whole comment“After this, again, he brings before us the raising of Lazarus from the dead: in connection with which miracle the Lord said, “I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.”” — editor's note: John xi. 25, 26.
Read the whole comment““He that believeth in me,” He says, “though he die, yet shall he live;” and he, therefore, that shall not live, is certainly no believer now.” — editor's note: Chap. xi. 25.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Both are very applicable to the Lord Christ, who declares, “I am the resurrection, and the life;” [John 11:25] and, “I go to prepare a place for you.” [John 14:2]” — the author cites it
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John Chrysostom
“And again, to show that He doth it not by receiving an inward power from above, He saith, “I am the Resurrection and the Life.” ( c. xi. 25.)” — the author cites it
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Read the whole comment“…v. 23 ); His saying, “The works which He doeth, I do also” ( c. v. 19 ); His saying that He is “the Resurrection, and the Life, and the Light of the world” ( c. xi. 25; c. viii. 12 ), are the expressions of One making Himself equal to Him who begat Him, and confirming the suspicion which they entertained.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…and to teach her that He needs not to receive from another, but is Himself the fountain of all good things, He saith, “I am the resurrection and the life;”that is to say, “I wait not to receive active power,but work all of myself.”” — editor's note: John xi. 25.
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Basil the Great
“These words I do not understand to refer to the eternal life; for whatever lives because of something else cannot be self-existent, just as that which is warmed by another cannot be warmth itself; but He Who is our Christ and God says, “I am the life.”” — editor's note: John xi. 25.
Read the whole comment“Those that have lapsed from the lofty height of life into sin He raises from their fall: for this reason He is Resurrection.” — editor's note: John xi. 25.
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Ephrem the Syrian
“The prison with Thee is no prison, for in Thee man goes up unto Heaven: the grave with Thee is no grave, for Thou art the Resurrection!” — editor's note: John xi. 25.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“…“I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he die, yet shall live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall not die eternally?”” — editor's note: John xi. 25.
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Catena Aurea on John
- OrigenCatena Aurea on John
“(John 11:25; 14:6)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment - Alcuin of YorkCatena Aurea on John
Our Lord delayed His coming for four days, that the resurrection of Lazarus might be the more glorious: Then when Jesus came, He found that He had lain in the grave four days already.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Our Lord had stayed two days, and the messenger had come the day before; the very day on which Lazarus died. This brings us to the fourth day.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
Of the four days many things may be said. They refer to one thing, but one thing viewed in different ways. There is one day of death which the law of our birth brings upon us. Men transgress the natural law, and this…
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The first sin was elation of heart, the second assent, the third act, the fourth habit. Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Two miles. This is mentioned to account for so many coming from Jerusalem: And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. But how could the Jews be consoling the beloved of…
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Our Lord had not yet entered the town, when Martha met Him: Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him: but Mary sat still in the house.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Martha does not take her sister with her, because she wants to speak with Christ alone, and tell Him what has happened. When her hopes had been raised by Him, then she went her way, and called Mary.
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At first she does not tell her sister, for fear, if she came, the Jews present might accompany her. And she did not wish them to know of our Lord’s coming. Then saith Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if Thou hadst been here,…
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She believed in Christ, but she believed not as she ought. She did not speak as if He were God: If Thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John
She did not know that He could have restored her brother as well absent as present.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Nor did she know that He wrought His miracles by His own independent power: But I know that even now, whatsoever Thou will ask of God, God will give it Thee. She only thinks Him some very gifted man.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
She does not say to Him, Bring my brother to life again; for how could she know that it would be good for him to come to life again; she says, I know that Thou canst do so, if Thou wilt; but what Thou wilt do is for…
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But our Lord taught her the truths which she did not know: Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Observe, He does not say, I will ask God, that he may rise again, nor on the other hand does He say, I…
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Shall rise again, is ambiguous: for He does not say, now. And therefore it follows: Martha saith unto Him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day: of that resurrection I am certain; of…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
She had often heard Christ speak of the resurrection. Jesus now declares His power more plainly: Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life. He needed therefore none to help Him; for if He did, how could…
Read the whole comment - Alcuin of YorkCatena Aurea on John
I am the resurrection, because I am the life; as through Me he will rise at the general resurrection, through Me he may rise now.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
To Martha’s, Whatsoever Thou shall ask, He replies, He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: shewing her that He is the Giver of all good, and that we must ask of Him. Thus He leads her to the…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
He that believeth in Me, though he were dead: i. e. though his flesh die, his soul shall live till the flesh rise again, never to die more. For faith is the life of the soul. And whosoever liveth, in the flesh, and…
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Because He hath attained to the life of the Spirit, and to an immortal resurrection. Our Lord, from Whom nothing was hid, knew that she believed, but sought from her a confession unto salvation: Believest thou this?…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
She seems not to have understood His words; i. e. she saw that He meant something great, but did not see what that was. She is asked one thing, and answers another.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
When I believed that Thou wert the Son of God, I believed that Thou wert the resurrection, that Thou wert lifeb; and that he that believeth in Thee, though he were dead, shall live.
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Aphrahat
“Martha saith unto Him;—Yea, Lord, I believe.” — editor's note: John xi. 23–27.
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Cross-references · 22
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.
Cited together in Against Eunomius X.2.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 4.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.
Cited together in Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 4.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.
Cited together in Origen on John 1:4 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.