John 11:26 (DBY)

Passage

and every one who lives and believes on me shall never die. Believest thou this?

Nearby Context

John 11:24 Martha says to him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection in the last day.

John 11:25 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believes on me, though he have died, shall live;

John 11:26 and every one who lives and believes on me shall never die. Believest thou this?

John 11:27 She says to him, Yea, Lord; I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who should come into the world.

John 11:28 And having said this, she went away and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, The teacher is come and calls thee.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lives", "believes", "shall", "never", "believest", and "thou". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lives" and "believes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "Jesus said to her I am the..." into verse 27's "She says to him Yea Lord I...", so "lives" and "believes" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lives" and "believes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.