Lazarus
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Lazarus
In the New Testament, two apparently different people. In the Gospel According to Luke, he was the poor man in the parable of Dives and Lazarus, and in the Middle Ages he was honoured as the patron of lepers. In the Gospel According to John, Lazarus was the man whom Jesus raised from the dead. When Jesus visited Bethany, near Jerusalem, Lazarus's sister Mary lamented that if only Jesus had been there four days earlier, surely he could have prevented her brother from dying. Jesus went to the cave where Lazarus was entombed and commanded him to come forth, and he did. The miracle, in the Gospel account, inspired some Jews to accept Jesus as the Messiah, and others reported it to Jewish leaders.
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1. Brother of Martha and Mary, of Bethany. He was raised from the dead by Jesus (John chap. 11). The priests, fearing the effect of his resurrection on the masses, plotted to kill him (John chap. 12). The modern Arabic name of the village of Bethany is el-Azariya, a corruption of "Lazarus"
2. A poor man figuring in a parable of Jesus (Luke chap. 16).
Concordance
LAZARUS 1:
John 11:1-2, 5,11, 14, 43; 12:1-2, 9-10,17
LAZARUS 2:
Luke 16:20,23-25
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Lazarus, heading of a group of powerful poems in the section Lamentationen of Heine's Romanzero.
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Lazarus
Lazarus (lăz'ərəs) [Gr.,=Heb., Eleazar], in the New Testament. 1 Brother of Mary and Martha of Bethany who, after four days in the tomb, was brought back to life by Jesus. 2 Beggar in the parable who lay suffering and neglected at the rich man's gate. After death the rich man, parching in hell, pleads in vain that Lazarus, now happy in heaven, be permitted to give him a cooling drink.
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Laz·a·rus
In the New Testament, the brother of Mary and Martha.
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(laz-uhr-uhs)Someone who makes a comeback from obscurity is sometimes called a “Lazarus rising from the dead.”
A man brought back to life by Jesus after being in the tomb for four days. The incident is recorded in the Gospel of John. The raising of Lazarus is considered the crowning miracle or sign revealing Jesus as the giver of life. It also is the act that caused the enemies of Jesus to begin the plan to put Jesus to death. (See Crucifixion.)
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