22 But I know that even now, whatever You will ask of God, God will give You.
24 Martha said to Him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection [anastasis: THE Resurrection of the body], at the last day.
25 Jesus said to her,
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Romans 14:9
--- "For this reason Christ died [apothnesko] and rose again from the dead [anistemi], and lived again [anazao: lived again in a body that is not dead], so that he may be the Lord of both the dead [nekros] and living [zao: those who are alive in a body that is not dead]." ---
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".. I am the Resurrection [anastasis] AND the (eternal) life [ZOE]! He who believes in Me, THOUGH HE DIE (the death of the body), yet he shall live [zao: those who are living | alive in the body, those who are not lifeless, not dead].
To be zao is to be alive in the body. (Jesus had said to her, "Your brother shall rise again") [anistemi: the resurrection of the body].
Jesus was announcing the gospel of redemption from death to Martha: The context of John 11:21-26 is:
(i) the death [apothnesko] of the body; and
(ii) the resurrection [anistemi, anastasis] of the body; and
(iii) life/being alive in the body [zao].
It is in this context that Jesus told Martha that her brother (who had just died) will rise again, and that Jesus IS the resurrection (of the body), AND the life (eternal life: zoe),
and the one who dies and rises again, is alive in the body [zao], and if that one continues to believe in Jesus, he shall never die (shall be immortal).
The churches' conflation of zoe with zao:
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25 ".. He who believes in Me, though he die, yet he shall be spiritually alive. 26 And whoever is spiritually alive and believes in Me shall be spiritually alive forever and ever. Do you believe this?"
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