John 11:24
22 But even now I know that God will give You whatever You ask of Him.”
23 “Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her.
Martha replied, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
26 And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Martha replied, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
- KJV
- Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
- WEB
- Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
- ASV
- Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
- DARBY
- Martha says to him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection in the last day.
- BLB
- Martha says to Him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection in the last day.”
- ÅB
- Marta sier til ham: Jeg vet at han skal stå opp i oppstandelsen på den ytterste dag.
- OTB
- Marta svarte: "Jeg vet at han vil stå opp igjen i oppstandelsen på den siste dag."
- B1930
- Marta sier til ham: Jeg vet at han skal opstå i opstandelsen på den ytterste dag.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Daniel 12:2–3
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
Read in contextActs 24:15
and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
Read in contextJohn 5:28–29
Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
Read in contextIsaiah 26:19
Your 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.
Read in contextActs 17:31–32
For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
Read in contextHosea 13:14
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
Read in contextLuke 14:14
and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
Read in contextPsalms 17:15
As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
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