Lazarus in the Bible

He then left them and went out of the city [of Jerusalem] to Bethany [Note: This was a small village near Bethphage] and stayed there [i.e., probably at the home of Mary, Martha and Lazarus. See John 11:1].

And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

'Then, Father,' he said, 'I beg you to send Lazarus to my father's house--

And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister --

and it was Mary who did anoint the Lord with ointment, and did wipe his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ailing --

So, the sisters sent [someone] to Him, saying, "Look, Lord, the person you love [i.e., your dear friend, Lazarus] is sick."

And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,

Therefore when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed indeed two days in the place where He was:

These things he said, and after this he saith to them, 'Lazarus our friend hath fallen asleep, but I go on that I may awake him;'

though Jesus meant it of Lazarus's death: but they understood it of the natural rest in sleep.

Then, therefore, Jesus said to them freely, 'Lazarus hath died;

"Lazarus is dead; and for your sakes I am glad I was not there, in order that you may believe. Come, let us go to him."

Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus had been put into the earth four days before.

But some of them said, "This is the man who caused the blind man to see! Couldn't he have done something to keep Lazarus from dying?"

So, they removed the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, "Father, thank you for hearing me. [Note: Jesus had already prayed for and been assured of Lazarus' resurrection].

After saying this, he shouted with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"

Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived in Bethany, where Lazarus lived, the man whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him.

When the large crowd of Jews realized that he was there, they came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

So the high priests planned to kill Lazarus, too,

So the crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify to what they had seen.

But the crowd that went out to meet Jesus [i.e., as He entered Jerusalem] did so because they had heard about Him performing this [miraculous] sign [i.e., of raising Lazarus].