RE: BIBLE STORIES # 42 - Jesus Raises Lazarus
Jesus said. "I am THE resurrection, and THE life." (John 11:25). By changing the definite article "the" to the indefinite article "a" you suggest he is just one of a group. He is not. Jesus is the only one who has life within himself, because he is God manifested in the form of a man.
" For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation." (John 5:26-29).
"Great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory." (1 Timothy 3:16).