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
Then took they away the stone where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes above, and said, Father, I return thee thanks that thou didst hear me. And I knew that thou always hearest me: but for the crowd standing round I said, that they might believe that thou didst send me. And having said these, he cried out with a great voice, Lazarus, come out. And the dead came out, bound feet and hands with bandages; and his face was bound with a napkin. Jesus says to them, Loose him, and let him retire.
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
And Jesus having heard, said, This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that by it the Son of God be honoured. And Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. When therefore he heard that he is sick, then indeed he remained in the place in which he was two days. Then after this he says to his disciples, Let us go into Judea again. The disciples say to him, Rabbi, now the Jews sought to stone thee; and retirest thou there again? Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours of the day.? If any walk in the day, he stumbles not, for he sees the light of this world. But if any walk in the night, he stumbles, for light is not in him. These things said he: and after this he says to them, Lazarus our friend has been set to sleep; but I go, that I might waken him. Then said his disciples, Lord, if he has been set to sleep, he shall be saved. And Jesus spake of his death: but these supposed that he speaks of the repose of sleep. Then therefore Jesus said to them with freedom of speech, Lazarus is dead.