11 translations · Greek

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

World English Bible

John 11:25 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
KJV King James Version
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
ASV American Standard Version
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;
LSV Literal Standard Version
Jesus said to her, “I AM the resurrection, and the life; he who is believing in Me, even if he may die, will live;
FBV Free Bible Version
Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who trust in me will live, even though they die.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Jesus said to her, 'I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live;
DBY Darby Translation
Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believes on me, though he have died, shall live;
WBT Webster’s Bible
Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live:

The Greek words

Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.

Word Transliteration English (BSB) Strong’s
Εἶπεν Eipen said G2036 εἶπον to say
αὐτῇ autē to her G846 αὐτός it/s/he
ὁ ho — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
Ἰησοῦς Iēsous Jesus G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus
Ἐγώ Egō I G1473 ἐγώ I/we
εἰμι eimi am G1510 εἰμί to be
ἡ hē the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
ἀνάστασις anastasis resurrection G386 ἀνάστασις resurrection
καὶ kai and G2532 καί and
ἡ hē the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
ζωή zōē life G2222 ζωή life
ὁ ho Whoever G3588 ὁ the/this/who
πιστεύων pisteuōn believes G4100 πιστεύω to trust (in)
εἰς eis in G1519 εἰς toward
ἐμὲ eme Me G1473 ἐγώ I/we
κἂν kan even though G2579 κἄν and/even if
ἀποθάνῃ apothanē he dies G599 ἀποθνήσκω to die
ζήσεται zēsetai will live G2198 ζάω to live
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:14

    For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

  • John 3:36

    One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

  • 1 John 5:11–12

    The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.

  • John 1:4

    In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

  • Romans 8:10–11

    If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

  • John 5:21

    For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.

  • Isaiah 26:19

    Your dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.

  • Romans 8:2

    For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

  • John 6:39–40

    This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day. This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

  • John 6:44

    No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

24 Martha said to him, “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. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

26 Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God’s Son, he who comes into the world.”

Read all of John 11 in the World English Bible.

Edition and source notes

Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.

Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.

The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.

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