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'''Lazarus''' of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany_(Biblical_village) Bethany], also known as Lazarus of the Four Days, is the subject of the most prominent [[miracle]] attributed to [[Jesus]] in the [[Gospel of John]], in which [[Jesus]] restores him to life four days after his [[death]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox Eastern Orthodox] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic Roman Catholic] [[traditions]] offer varying accounts of the later [[events]] of his life.
In the [[context]] of the [[Gospel of John]], the [[narrative]] of the Raising of Lazarus forms "the climactic sign... Each of [[Jesus]]' seven signs [[illustrates]] some particular aspect of his [[divine]] [[authority]], but this one exemplifies his [[power]] over the last and most irresistible [[enemy]] of [[humanity]]--[[death]]. For this [[reason]] it is given a prominent place in the [[gospel]]."
The [[name]] Lazarus (from the [[Hebrew]]: אלעזר, Elʿāzār, Eleazar - "[[God]] (has) helped") is also given to a second figure in the [[Bible]]: in the [[narrative]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_and_Dives Lazarus and Dives], attributed to [[Jesus]] in the [[Gospel of Luke]]. Also called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_and_Dives Dives and Lazarus], or The Rich Man and the Beggar Lazarus, the [[narrative]] tells of the [[relationship]] (in life and in [[death]]) between an unnamed [[rich]] man and a poor [[beggar]] named Lazarus. While the two characters named Lazarus have sometimes been conflated historically, they are generally [[understood]] to be two separate characters. Allusions to Lazarus as a poor [[beggar]] taken to the "Bosom of [[Abraham]]" should be [[understood]] as referring to the Lazarus mentioned in [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]], rather than the Lazarus raised from the dead in John.
In allusion to [[John, the Apostle|John]]'s account of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_168 resurrection of Lazarus], the name Lazarus is often used to connote [[apparent]] restoration to life. For example, the [[scientific]] term "Lazarus taxon" denotes [[organisms]] that reappear in the [[fossil]] [[record]] after a period of apparent [[extinction]]; and the Lazarus [[phenomenon]] refers to an [[event]] in which a [[person]] [[spontaneously]] returns to life (the heart starts beating again) after resuscitation has been given up. There are also numerous [[literary]] uses of the term.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_of_Bethany]
==See also==
*'''''[[Paper 168 - The Resurrection of Lazarus|The Resurrection of Lazarus]]'''''
[[Category: Religion]]
'''Lazarus''' of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany_(Biblical_village) Bethany], also known as Lazarus of the Four Days, is the subject of the most prominent [[miracle]] attributed to [[Jesus]] in the [[Gospel of John]], in which [[Jesus]] restores him to life four days after his [[death]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox Eastern Orthodox] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic Roman Catholic] [[traditions]] offer varying accounts of the later [[events]] of his life.
In the [[context]] of the [[Gospel of John]], the [[narrative]] of the Raising of Lazarus forms "the climactic sign... Each of [[Jesus]]' seven signs [[illustrates]] some particular aspect of his [[divine]] [[authority]], but this one exemplifies his [[power]] over the last and most irresistible [[enemy]] of [[humanity]]--[[death]]. For this [[reason]] it is given a prominent place in the [[gospel]]."
The [[name]] Lazarus (from the [[Hebrew]]: אלעזר, Elʿāzār, Eleazar - "[[God]] (has) helped") is also given to a second figure in the [[Bible]]: in the [[narrative]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_and_Dives Lazarus and Dives], attributed to [[Jesus]] in the [[Gospel of Luke]]. Also called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_and_Dives Dives and Lazarus], or The Rich Man and the Beggar Lazarus, the [[narrative]] tells of the [[relationship]] (in life and in [[death]]) between an unnamed [[rich]] man and a poor [[beggar]] named Lazarus. While the two characters named Lazarus have sometimes been conflated historically, they are generally [[understood]] to be two separate characters. Allusions to Lazarus as a poor [[beggar]] taken to the "Bosom of [[Abraham]]" should be [[understood]] as referring to the Lazarus mentioned in [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]], rather than the Lazarus raised from the dead in John.
In allusion to [[John, the Apostle|John]]'s account of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_168 resurrection of Lazarus], the name Lazarus is often used to connote [[apparent]] restoration to life. For example, the [[scientific]] term "Lazarus taxon" denotes [[organisms]] that reappear in the [[fossil]] [[record]] after a period of apparent [[extinction]]; and the Lazarus [[phenomenon]] refers to an [[event]] in which a [[person]] [[spontaneously]] returns to life (the heart starts beating again) after resuscitation has been given up. There are also numerous [[literary]] uses of the term.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_of_Bethany]
==See also==
*'''''[[Paper 168 - The Resurrection of Lazarus|The Resurrection of Lazarus]]'''''
[[Category: Religion]]