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There are actually two stories of the raising of Lazareth.

In Luke, the story is a parable told by Jesus and was intended to explain a moral principle. Luke, characteristically, wanted a story where the poor man triumphed over the rich man in heaven. Some say that the inspiration for this story was a much older Egyptian myth probably known to Luke.

The author of John changed the story, while keeping the main characters from Luke: Mary, Martha and Lazarus. This time, Jesus really did raise Lazarus, demonstrating his awsome power.

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A:There are two persons called Lazarus in the New Testament. The first is in a parable in Luke's Gospel, which tells of Lazarus hypothetically raised from the dead. This Lazarus was not intended to be understood as a real person, so the question does not apply. The second is in John's Gospel, which says that Jesus raised him from the dead after several days. Presumably Lazarus must have died again in good time, but the gospel does not say anything about the second death of Lazarus, although it does say that the priests talked about having Lazarus killed (John 12:10). John's Gospel as a whole is loosely based on Luke's Gospel, and it can be demonstrated that this story of Lazarus, Mary and Martha was inspired by Luke's Lazarus, Mary and Martha. Thus, even John's Lazarus was not a real person. John's Gospel does not say that Lazarus died, but there is nothing in the story to suggest that he would live forever.


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