The Seven I AM Statements in John
Victory Over Death
I AM Statements of Jesus · 2 verses
At Lazarus's tomb, Jesus made His most dramatic claim: He is not merely a future hope but the present reality of resurrection and life. Belief in Him transcends physical death—the believer who dies will live, and the one who lives and believes will never truly die. Jesus then demonstrated this claim by raising Lazarus from four days' death, proving His authority over death itself and foreshadowing His own resurrection.
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“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”
“And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.”