John 11:23 — Meaning and Application

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“Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.”

John 11:23

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Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give {it} thee.

Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.

Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

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John 11:1

"Now a certain {man} was sick, {named} Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha."

John 11:2

"(It was {that} Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)"

John 11:3

"Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick."

John 11:4

"When Jesus heard {that}, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby."

John 11:5

"Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus."

John 11:6

"When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was."

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