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How many days has Lazarus been dead before Jesus raised him up?
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∙ 14y ago
In John's Gospel, Mary emphasised that Lazarus had been dead for four days, yet Jesus was easily able to raise him from the dead. This was important, because Jews believed that the soul left the body after the third day. John was emphasising the divine power of Jesus.
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∙ 12y agoJohn 11:6 tells us that Jesus remained where he was for a further two days after being told that Lazarus was sick, then insisted on visiting Lazarus agaisnt the strenuous advice of his disciples. This delay resulted in Lazarus having been dead for four days when Jesus arrived, and "he stinks, for he has been dead four days" (11:39). In the eyes of the disciples or the early Christians, this would make the miracle so much greater, because it was believed that the soul left the body after three days.
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∙ 6y ago4 days
John 11:39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.
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Who is the most famous person in the Bible apart from Jesus to be resurrected from the dead?
Not that he was a "famous person," but probably the best-known resurrection from the dead aside from Jesus is that of Lazarus, whom Jesus raised after he had been in the tomb four days, as described in John 11.
Was Saint Lazarus a real person or was he just a character in a parable?
Saint Lazarus is considered to be a real person in Christian tradition. He is mentioned in the Bible as the brother of Mary and Martha, and he was famously raised from the dead by Jesus. Saint Lazarus is also associated with the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, but he is commonly believed to have been an actual historical figure.
Why did sisters' message to Jesus simply state the fact of Lazarus' illness rather than urgently pleading for His presence?
Jesus knew of the urgency of Lazarus's illness. He delayed on purpose, in fact wanted to arrive too late. By the time Jesus arrived Lazarus had already been dead four days. If fact the body had begun decomposition and smelled terrible. Jesus waited this long for a reason. He wanted everyone to know that Lazarus was irrefutable dead. Once raised, nobody could say the dead man was just unconcious or comatose. Therefore, there was no other explaination for the resurrection of Lazarus. I only wish the bible could tell us where Lazarus was for those four days he laid in the tomb.
What happened to Lazarus?
In the Bible, Lazarus was a man who Jesus brought back to life after he had been dead for four days. After being resurrected, Lazarus continued living on earth until he died a natural death many years later. Some traditions believe Lazarus eventually became a bishop and spread Christianity.
Was the Lazarus who died poor the same as the one Jesus raised?
A:No, there are two persons called Lazarus in the New Testament, however the story of the second Lazarus (in John's gospel) does seem to have been inspired by the first. The first Lazarus is in a parable in Luke's Gospel, where Jesus tells a parable of Lazarus dying and going down to hell where he meets a rich man being punished for his sins. The rich man asks for Lazarus to be raised from the dead so that he can warn his friends of the fate that awaits them. This Lazarus was not intended to be understood as a real person. Here, Martha and Mary are poor people from an unnamed village, sisters and friends of Jesus.In John's Gospel, Martha and Mary are also sisters and friends of Jesus, but apparently wealthy. These sisters have a brother called Lazarus whom Jesus really does raise from the dead. The close parallels are a reminder that John's Gospel is actually based on Luke's Gospel, so that John's one story of Martha, Mary and Lazarus was inspired by Luke's two different stories. Although the account appears intended to be read literally, the literary parallels tell us Lazarus was not a real person either.
What does Lazarus mean?
In Luke's Gospel, Lazarus was the name of a figurative person in a parable about his death and hypothetical resurrection. He is not portrayed as a real person.John's Gospel, chapter 11, says that Lazarus was the brother of Mary and Martha, and tells of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. This became the trigger for the arrest and trial of Jesus, when the chief priests and Pharisees said (John 11:47-48), "What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation." Then in John 12:10, the chief priests plotted to put Lazarus to death.New Testament scholars notice that the two sisters, Mary and Martha, and Lazarus occur only in Luke's Gospel and John's Gospel. In Luke, Mary and Martha are not even the sisters of Lazarus, although the two accounts contain some important parallels.
Why did Jesus send Lazarus to hell for four days?
A:It is not so much that Jesus sent Lazarus to hell for four days, as that he seems to have deliberately delayed his arrival until John had been dead for four days. John 11:5 tells us that Jesus loved Mary and Martha, whose brother, Lazarus, he raised from the dead. Jewish tradition said that the soul departs the body after three days, so that resurrection must no longer be possible. We are repeatedly told that Lazarus has been dead four days and his body stinks, yet Jesus commands him to rise up out of his tomb and he came forth.An explanation of this is in the history of the passage. In the only other known record of Mary, Martha and Lazarus, Luke 10:38-42 contains a brief story of Jesus visiting the sisters Mary and Martha in a village and another story in which Jesus tells a parable about Lazarus that mentions his death and resurrection hypothetically. John 11:5 tells us that Jesus loved Mary and Martha, whose brother, Lazarus, he later raises from the dead. The coincidences of name, death and hypothetical or actual resurrection of Lazarus is taken as strong evidence that the concept was taken by the author of John from Luke's Gospel. The author knew that resurrection after more than three days was regarded as impossible, so conspicuously wrote this as a story of Jesus raising Lazarus after four days.
What friend did Jesus raise from the dead?
Two differences between the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) and John's Gospel are that in John, many of Jesus' close friends were rich or powerful members of society, and that he seems to reserve his best miracles for his rich friends. The most awe-inspiring miracle, unknown to the synoptic authors, was when Jesus raised his friend Lazarus, brother of Mary and Martha, from the dead. Lazarus had been dead for four days and his body stank.
How did Lasarus die the second death?
A:The similarity of the stories of Lazarus, Martha and Mary in Luke's Gospel and John's Gospel can lead the casual reader to believe that the same Lazarus died and was resurrected twice. The confusion can be cleared up by understanding that John's Gospel was actually inspired by Luke's Gospel. It can then be understood that the author of John took the story from Luke and reworked it, producing a completely different but parallel story about Lazarus. In Luke's Gospel, Martha and Mary are sisters and friends of Jesus, but are not related to Lazarus. Jesus tells a parable of Lazarus dying and going down to hell where he meets a rich man being punished for his sins. The rich man asks for Lazarus to be raised from the dead so that he can warn his friends of the fate that awaits them. This Lazarus was not intended to be understood as a real person.John's Gospel says that Lazarus was the brother of Jesus' very close friends, Martha and Mary. His exact cause of death was unimportant, because Jesus was to raise Lazarus from the dead after several days. Having been raised from the dead, Lazarus was still mortal and would die again one day. The gospel does not say anything about the final death of Lazarus, although it does say that the priests talked about having Lazarus killed (John 12:10).For theological reasons, the author of John wanted to make the resurrection of Lazarus the final trigger for the arrest of Jesus. He therefore moved the Cleansing of the Temple out of the way, to the beginning of his story, almost immediately after Jesus met John the Baptist. In John 12:19, the turning point is identified: "The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.")
Who doubted that jesus had been raised from the dead?
"doubting" Thomas.
Is lazarus a good person?
Laazrus the brother of Martha was a good man, otherwise Jesus would not have been his friend or loved him.
Was Jesus the cousin of Lazarus?
Almost certainly not. Scripture makes it clear where relations of Jesus exist; we are told that Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist was a 'relation' (some say cousin) of Mary the mother of Jesus making Jesus and John possibly cousins or second cousins. Scripture also tells of Jesus' brothers and sisters (children Mary had after Jesus was born), but nowhere does it even hint that Mary, Martha and Lazarus were related to Jesus. If they were, it seems unthinkable that, in the many references to them and their home at Bethany, no mention was made of such a relationship. We are told that Mary and Martha were sisters and that Lazarus was their brother, but that is all.
