Lazarus in the Bible
Meaning: assistance of God
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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].
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Lazarus » Brother of martha and mary
Lazarus » Brother of mary and martha » Resurrection of
So they removed the stone. Then Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you for hearing me. I know that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me." After saying this, he shouted with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" The man who had died came out, his hands and feet tied with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a handkerchief. Jesus told them, "Untie him, and let him go."
Lazarus » Brother of mary and martha » Plotted against by the chief priests
Lazarus » Brother of mary and martha » Had dinner with jesus
Lazarus » Brother of mary and martha » Sickness and death of
But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This illness isn't meant to end in death. It's for God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it." Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. Yet, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed where he was for two more days. After this, he told the disciples, "Let's go back to Judea." The disciples told him, "Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death, and you are going back there again?" Jesus replied, "There are twelve hours in the day, aren't there? If anyone walks during the day he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if anyone walks at night he stumbles, because the light is not in him." These were the things he said. Then after this, he told them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I'm leaving to wake him up." So the disciples told him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well." Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was speaking about resting or sleeping. Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died.