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whosoever: John 3:15-18, John 4:14, John 5:24, John 6:50, John 6:54-58, John 8:52, John 8:53, John 10:28, Romans 8:13, 1 John 5:10-12
Believest: John 9:35, John 14:10, Matthew 9:28, Matthew 26:53, Mark 9:23
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 30:20 - thy life Psalms 22:29 - and none Psalms 68:20 - unto Psalms 133:3 - even life Isaiah 26:19 - my dead Ezekiel 37:3 - O Lord God Ezekiel 47:9 - every thing Mark 16:16 - that believeth and Luke 20:38 - for all John 5:19 - and John 5:26 - so hath John 5:40 - that John 6:27 - which the John 6:57 - even John 8:51 - If John 11:44 - he that John 14:6 - the life John 17:2 - give Acts 2:28 - made Acts 3:15 - Prince Acts 16:31 - Believe Romans 4:11 - father Romans 5:10 - we shall Romans 8:10 - but 1 Corinthians 6:14 - by 1 Corinthians 15:13 - General 1 Corinthians 15:45 - a quickening 2 Corinthians 4:14 - that Galatians 3:22 - to Ephesians 2:1 - you Philippians 3:10 - and the power Colossians 1:18 - the firstborn 2 Timothy 1:10 - who Hebrews 7:8 - he liveth 1 Peter 2:4 - a living 1 John 1:2 - the life 1 John 4:9 - we 1 John 5:11 - this Revelation 20:12 - I saw
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And whosoever liveth and believeth in me,..... Whoever will be found alive at Christ's second coming, and is a believer in him,
shall never die, but shall be changed, and shall be for ever with Christ; and such as shall be raised to life by him, shall never die any more, not even a bodily death, and much less an eternal one, or the second death: and though believers die a corporeal death as others do, yet their souls live, and live in happiness, whilst their bodies are under the power of death; nor shall they always continue so, but being raised, shall become immortal, and die no more. So living believers in Christ shall never die more a spiritual death; they are passed from death to life, and shall never return to death more; their spiritual life cannot be lost; grace in them is an immortal seed, a well of living water springing up into everlasting life: grace may be very low in its exercise, and may seem to be ready to die; they may be in lifeless frames, and without the comforts of a spiritual life, and be under the hidings of God's face, which is as death unto them, and may reckon themselves as free among the dead; yet the principle of life will never be extinct in them; nor shall they die the second death, which lies in an eternal separation from God, and in an everlasting sense of his wrath; that shall have no power on them, nor shall they be in the least hurt by it; for they are ordained to eternal life, and have the promise of it; they are united to Christ, and their life is secured in him; and he has redeemed them from death; and they have the Spirit of life dwelling in them, as the pledge and earnest of eternal glory.
Believest thou this? the whole of this concerning the power of Christ, and privilege of believers; every tittle of it is to be believed. And as with respect to a corporeal resurrection, so with regard to a spiritual one; that men by nature are dead in sins; that Christ is the author of the resurrection from such a state, to a spiritual life; that this life is only by Christ, and can never be lost: this is a doctrine to be believed; it is the doctrine of the Scriptures; it is according to godliness; it makes for the comfort of the people of God, and glorifies the divine perfections.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Whosoever liveth - He had just spoken of the prospects of the pious dead. He now says that the same prospects are before the living who have like faith. Greek, “Every one living and believing on me.”
Shall never die - As the dead, though dead, shall yet live, so the living shall have the same kind of life. They shall never come into eternal death. See John 6:50-51, John 6:54, John 6:58. Greek, “Shall by no means die forever.”
Believest thou this? - This question was doubtless asked because it implied that he was then able to raise up Lazarus, and because it was a proper time for her to test her own faith. The time of affliction is a favorable period to try ourselves to ascertain whether we have faith. If we still have confidence in God, if we look to him for comfort in such seasons, it is good evidence that we are his friends. He that loves God when he takes away his comforts, has the best evidence possible of true attachment to him.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 26. Shall never die. — Or, Shall not die for ever. Though he die a temporal death. he shall not continue under its power for ever; but shall have a resurrection to life eternal.
Believest thou this? — God has determined to work in the behalf of men only in proportion to their faith in him: it was necessary, therefore, that these persons should be well instructed concerning his nature, that they might find no obstacles to their faith. These sisters had considered him only as a prophet hitherto; and it was necessary that they should now be farther instructed, that, as God was to exert himself, they might believe that God was there.