![]() John clearly saw the Lazarus event as the last great deed Jesus performed as proof of his divinity before his arrest and crucifixion. However, Luke’s account of this event is much briefer than John’s Lazarus story, and it happens much earlier in Jesus’ life. In Luke 7:14-15, Jesus raises the dead son of a widow, with the wording of Luke (‘And he that was dead sat up’) being echoed by John’s ‘And he that was dead came forth’. Whatever the truth of it, there are examples elsewhere in the Gospels of Jesus raising the dead. It’s possible (as the authors of the Dictionary of the Bible suggest) that John is expanding the parable of the rich man and Lazarus from Luke’s gospel (in which Lazarus, the humble beggar, goes to heaven but the rich man does not). The miraculous story of Lazarus being brought back to life by Jesus is known from the Gospel According to John (11:145). When Jesus finally arrived in Bethany, Lazarus had been dead and in. Instead of hurrying to see Lazarus, Jesus remained where he was two more days. When their brother fell ill, the sisters sent a messenger to Jesus to tell him Lazarus was sick. But only John mentions the story of Jesus raising Lazarus (the other one) from the dead. Lazarus and his two sisters, Mary and Martha, were dear friends of Jesus. Luke (chapter 16) tells of Jesus’ parable of the rich man and Lazarus, but this Lazarus (a beggar) isn’t the one whom Jesus raised from the dead. They appear to have been different people. Conversely, from a misunderstanding of the Vulgate. However, in the earliest text (75) and in the Sahidic Coptic translation, he receives the name Nevs. ![]() Even in death he is called simply the rich man (16:22). 13 Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep. 16:19 a certain rich man: In most Greek manuscripts of Luke’s Gospel, this person remains unnamed and thus lacking in honor. Confusingly, though, there are two Lazaruses mentioned in the New Testament. 12 His disciples replied, Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better. Through being brought back to life by Jesus, Lazarus became famous. Bethany is now the West Bank town of Al-Eizariya, which translates to ‘the place of Lazarus’. Who was Lazarus? Lazarus was known in full as ‘Lazarus of Bethany’. ![]()
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