![]() ![]() ![]() cadbury, "A Proper Name for Dives," Journal of Biblical Literature 81 (1962) 399 –402. ![]() martin, "History and Eschatology in the Lazarus Narrative," Scottish Journal of Theology 17 (1964) 332 –343. wilkins, "Die Erweckung des Lazarus," Theologische Zeitschrift 15 (1959) 22 –39. cadman, "The Raising of Lazarus," Studia Evangelica, ed. st Ählin, Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart (T übingen 1957 –65) 4:246 –247. michl, Lexikon f ür Theologie und Kirche, ed. Lazarus, the patron of beggars and lepers (known also as lazars).īibliography: Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Bible, tr. However, in the Middle Ages the poor man of the parable became St. Despite the use of a personal name in this parable, the characters in it were obviously not historical. The rich man is popularly called Dives, which is merely the Latin word for "rich man." He is called Neues (Ninive?) in the early MS P 75, and Phinees in the Sahidic (Coptic) version. Perhaps Jesus did so here to show that Lazarus put his trust in God's help, as the name signifies. This is the only New Testament parable in which a character is given a name. In one of His parables (Lk 16.19 –31) Jesus gave the name Lazarus to the man who lay sick and miserable at the rich man's gate, longing in vain for "the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table" when both men died, Lazarus was borne by angels to abraham's bosom, to dine at the messianic banquet table, but the rich man went to torments in hades. Modern Bethany is called El- ‘Azariyeh, the Arabic form of the Latin word Lazarium, which became the fourth-century Christian name for the little village that gradually surrounded the church built above the reputed tomb of Lazarus. It is noteworthy that the Synoptic Gospels make no mention of Lazarus, although they describe other raisings from the dead (Mk 5.21 –43 Lk 7.11 –17. Natural life is the pledge of the supernatural life that is bestowed by the glorified Christ after His own death and Resurrection. 9) now He appears as the life of the world by restoring Lazarus to life: "I am the resurrection and the life …" (Jn 11.25). The raising of Lazarus from the dead is the seventh and last of the Johannine "signs." Jesus had shown Himself to be the light of the world by restoring sight to the blind (John ch. In his customary fashion John surrounds the Lazarus incident with symbolism. Some scholars have made futile attempts to identify Lazarus with "the disciple whom Jesus loved" of the Fourth Gospel, even though Lazarus was not one of the twelve, to whom the "beloved disciple" obviously belonged. There is no trustworthy evidence on the later life or on the death of Lazarus. ![]() Lazarus last appears at a banquet given in honor of Jesus (12.1 –8), apparently the same banquet that Matthew and Mark place at the house of Simon the Leper six days before the Crucifixion (Mt 26.6 –13 Mk 14.3 –9). This resulted both in the conversion to Christ of many who had witnessed the miracle (11.45), and in the determination of the enemies of Jesus to do away with both Jesus and Lazarus (11.46 –53 12.10 –11). Shortly before Our Lord's last visit to Jerusalem Lazarus died when Jesus was informed of his death He delayed two days He then came to Bethany and raised Lazarus from the dead, although Lazarus had been four days in the tomb (Jn 11.1 –44). Him (11.3, 36), and often received hospitality at his house (Lk 10.38 –40). mary magdalene) and a friend of Jesus (Jn 11.1 –2, 11). He was the brother of Mary and Martha (the former distinct from St. The Greek form of the name, Λ ά ζ α ρ ο ς, is based on an abbreviated form of the Hebrew name, ’el' āz ār (God has helped). The name of two men in the New Testament. ![]()
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