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Lazarus in the Bible.

The brother of Mary and Martha, raised by Jesus after four days in the tomb. The King James Version names Lazarus in 11 verses, from John 11:1 to John 12:17. The King James Version also gives the name Lazarus to 1 other person, listed on this page.

Lazarus’s family.

Brothers and sisters
Himself
Lazarus

His family as Theographic Bible Metadata lists it; each name opens its own page.

Who Lazarus was.

The brother of Mary and Martha of Bethany. He was raised from the dead after he had lain four days in the tomb (John 11:1-44). This miracle so excited the wrath of the Jews that they sought to put both Jesus and Lazarus to death.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Places in Lazarus’s story.

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All 11 verses that name this Lazarus.

John 11

  • John 11:1Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
  • John 11:2(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
  • John 11:5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
  • John 11:11These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
  • John 11:14Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
  • John 11:43And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
  • John 12:1Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
  • John 12:2There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
  • John 12:9Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
  • John 12:10But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
  • John 12:17The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.

Other people called Lazarus.

Lazarus.

Named in 4 verses.

  • Luke 16:20And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
  • Luke 16:23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
  • Luke 16:24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
  • Luke 16:25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

Questions about Lazarus.

Who was Lazarus in the Bible?

The brother of Mary and Martha, raised by Jesus after four days in the tomb. The King James Version names Lazarus in 11 verses, from John 11:1 to John 12:17.

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