John 11:23-27

11:23 Jesus replied, ¹  “Your brother will come back to life again.” ²  11:24 Martha said, ³  “I know that he will come back to life again ⁴  in the resurrection at the last day.” 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live ⁵  even if he dies, 11:26 and the one who lives and believes in me will never die. ⁶  Do you believe this?” 11:27 She replied, ⁷  “Yes, Lord, I believe ⁸  that you are the Christ, ⁹  the Son of God who comes into the world.” ¹⁰ 

[11:23]  ¹ tn Grk “Jesus said to her.”

[11:23]  ² tn Or “Your brother will rise again.”

[11:24]  ³ tn Grk “Martha said to him.”

[11:24]  ⁴ tn Or “will rise again.”

[11:25]  ⁵ tn That is, will come to life.

[11:26]  ⁷ tn Grk “will never die forever.”

[11:27]  ⁹ tn Grk “She said to him.”

[11:27]  ¹⁰ tn The perfect tense in Greek is often used to emphasize the results or present state of a past action. Such is the case here. To emphasize this nuance the perfect tense verb πεπίστευκα (pepisteuka) has been translated as a present tense. This is in keeping with the present context, where Jesus asks of her present state of belief in v. 26, and the theology of the Gospel as a whole, which emphasizes the continuing effects and present reality of faith. For discussion on this use of the perfect tense, see ExSyn 574-76 and B. M. Fanning, Verbal Aspect, 291-97.

[11:27]  ¹¹ tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).

[11:27]  ¹² tn Or “the Son of God, the one who comes into the world.”