John 11:27 → Psalms 118:26

Psalm 118 is a festal song of the king's rescue and entry: "The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone" (118:22), and at the gate the people cry, "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD" (118:26). The words "he who comes" (from bô', H935; Greek erchomai, G2064) became a way of naming the awaited deliverer. Martha's confession, "I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world" (John 11:27), uses that verb, so the tie is clear, though it rests on one expression rather than a quotation. John makes the link plain a chapter later, when the crowd greets Jesus with the psalm itself: "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!" (12:13). Martha confesses this at a tomb four days sealed, in answer to Jesus' word, "I am the resurrection and the life" (11:25). The One who comes is not only Israel's King entering Jerusalem but the Lord of life who enters death to raise His friends, and to believe Him is a hope no grave can shut.