Jesus asked her about her beliefs in the resurrection of the dead. She accused him of delaying, and thus failing the family. Martha wailed loudly, angrily advancing towards her friend. The mourning continued for days, with more to come, when Jesus and his disciples came walking up. And then they waited, having rolled a heavy stone across the hillside tomb's entrance. The man was laid out with his hands posed and his mouth and eyes carefully closed in the manner of sleep. The body was washed and wrapped with burial clothes.
LAZARUS IN THE BIBLE PROFESSIONAL
Professional funeral services, including paid mourners, were held. Meanwhile, before the messenger arrived back to the house, Lazarus had died.
LAZARUS IN THE BIBLE FULL
Since the disciples were used to parables, they tarried with him for two full days. When his disciples urged him to hurry, Jesus used the common euphemism of "sleep" for death. Unknown to her, Jesus planned to delay his coming to display the power of the Father in bringing the dead back to life. When things got bad, though, Martha dispatched a messenger to Galilee to bring Jesus to heal her brother.
However, the fact that Jesus was in hiding made it even more urgent that no unnecessary attention should be drawn to the Rabbi. His was not a chronic condition which could have waited until festival time for Jesus to come. It is not known what disease had overcome young Lazarus, but it killed him relatively quickly. With his sisters, he believed what he heard and became a disciple of the Messiah.
As an observant Jew, he had begun to attend temple services in nearby Jerusalem where he probably heard Jesus preach. Assuming this, then he can be said to have been born late in the reign of Augustus Caesar. If he had been older, it is probable that he would be the master of the house run by the women. One who holds the name is a memorial to the work of God in the families life.Īs the younger brother of two sisters, it is likely that Lazarus had yet to reach an age of majority. The name was held by one of the first high priests of Israel. Lazarus is a Greek form of the Hebrew name Eleazar, which means "God has helped".
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