John 11:23 (YLT)

Passage

Jesus saith to her, `Thy brother shall rise again.'

Nearby Context

John 11:21 Martha, therefore, said unto Jesus, `Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;

John 11:22 but even now, I have known that whatever thou mayest ask of God, God will give to thee;'

John 11:23 Jesus saith to her, `Thy brother shall rise again.'

John 11:24 Martha saith to him, `I have known that he will rise again, in the rising again in the last day;'

John 11:25 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;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jesus", "saith", "brother", "shall", "rise", and "again". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jesus" and "saith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "but even now I have known that..." into verse 24's "Martha saith to him I have known...", so "jesus" and "saith" 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 "jesus" and "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.