I AM the Resurrection and the Life
The Lord Jesus would reveal another part of Himself to His disciples. For their sake, they would witness His work, bringing the dead back to life. His additional claim is that He is the resurrection and life. Only through Jesus is eternal life, and only through Him is the resurrection unto life. Yet a phrase keeps repeating in John’s account: “I AM.” The “I AM” is the name God used to introduce Himself to Moses. When Jesus kept saying He was the “I AM,” He was saying He is One with the Father. Jesus was not only drawing upon the sacred name of God but was making a profound statement of unity with the Father, asserting His divinity.
