#Lazarus story in bible full

John clearly saw the Lazarus event as the last great deed Jesus performed as proof of his divinity before his arrest and crucifixion. I find no coincidences in the Bible, so the fact that his parents named him before knowing the outcome of God’s help in his life is amazing to me You can read the entire story of Lazarus in John 11: 1-44. Lazarus’ name in Hebrew means God has helped. However, Luke’s account of this event is much briefer than John’s Lazarus story, and it happens much earlier in Jesus’ life. Lazarus was the brother of Mary and Martha and they were among Jesus’ closest friends. When Jesus heard that Lazarus was unwell, he stayed put for two more days. 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’. The story of the death of Lazarus is found in John 11:1-12:9. 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). But only John mentions the story of Jesus raising Lazarus (the other one) from the dead. They can see because they have the light of this world.

#Lazarus story in bible full

20 But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, 21 desiring to be fed with bthe crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. 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. 9 Jesus replied, There are twelve hours of daylight every day. 19 There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and afared sumptuously every day.

They appear to have been different people. Confusingly, though, there are two Lazaruses mentioned in the New Testament. 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’.