But all told, they really amount only to three. Ingenuity has been exhausted in inventing objections to it. His resurrection has been a favorite subject for various forms of Christian art, and according to an old tradition of Epiphanius he was 30 years old when he was raised from the dead, and lived 30 years thereafter.Īs might be expected this miracle has been vigorously assailed by all schools of hostile critics. Nothing is told of his experiences between death and resurrection (compare Tennyson, 'In Memoriam,' xxxi), of his emotions upon coming out of the tomb, of his subsequent life (compare Browning, 'A Letter to Karshish'), and not a word of revelation does he give as to the other world. This is all that we really know about the man, for whether the Jews accomplished his death we are not informed, but it seems probable that, satiated with the death of Jesus, they left Lazarus unmolested. For that reason the priests plotted to murder Lazarus ( John 12:10). Many of the common people came thither, not only to see Jesus, but also the risen Lazarus, believed in Jesus, and were enthusiastic in witnessing for Him during the triumphal entry, and attracted others from the city to meet Him ( John 12:9,11,17,18). Later, six days before the Passover, at a feast in some home in Bethany where Martha served, Lazarus sat at table as one of the guests, when his sister Mary anointed the feet of Jesus ( John 12:1-3). As a result many Jews believed on Jesus, but others went and told the Pharisees, and a council was therefore called to hasten the decree of the Master's death ( John 11:45-53). In the absence of Jesus, Lazarus was taken sick, died, and was buried, but, after having lain in the grave four days, was brought back to life by the Saviour ( John 11:3,14,17,43,44). As intimated by the number of condoling friends from the city, and perhaps from the costly ointment used by Mary, the family was probably well-to-do. All three were especially beloved by Jesus ( John 11:5), and at their home He more than once, and probably often, was entertained ( Luke 10:38-41 John 11). He was the brother of Martha and Mary ( John 11:1,2 see also Luke 10:38-41).

The home of the Lazarus mentioned in John 11:1 was Bethany. The name was common among the Jews, and is given to two men in the New Testament who have nothing to do with each other. Means 'God has helped.' In Septuagint and Josephus are found the forms Eleazar, and Eleazaros. Laz'-a-rus (Lazaros, an abridged form of the Hebrew name Eleazar, with a Greek termination): indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible

The use of lazaretto and lazarhouse for the leper hospitals then founded in all parts of western Christendom, no less than that of lazaroni for the mendicants of Italian towns, is an indication of the effect of the parable upon the mind of Europe in the Middle Ages, and thence upon its later speech. The leper of the Middle Ages appears as a lazzaro. The name of a poor man in the well-known parable of ( Luke 16:19-31 ) The name of Lazarus has been perpetuated in an institution of the Christian Church.All the circumstances of John 11 and 12 point to wealth and social position above the average. Lazarus is 'of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.' From this and from the order of the three names in ( John 11:5 ) we may reasonably infer that Lazarus was the youngest of the family. The language of ( John 11:1 ) implies that the sisters were the better known. John, and that records little more than the facts of his death and resurrection. ( John 11:1 ) All that we know of him is derived from the Gospel of St. Lazarus of Bethany, the brother of Martha and Mary.

( whom God helps ), another form of the Hebrew name Eleazar.

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