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==168:5. WHAT BECAME OF LAZARUS==

==168:5. WHAT BECAME OF LAZARUS==

168:5.1 Lazarus remained at the Bethany home, being the center of great interest to many sincere believers and to numerous curious individuals, until the day of the crucifixion of Jesus, when he received warning that the Sanhedrin had decreed his death. The rulers of the Jews were determined to put a stop to the further spread of the teachings of Jesus, and they well judged that it would be useless to put Jesus to death if they permitted Lazarus, who represented the very peak of his wonder-working, to live and bear testimony to the fact that Jesus had raised him from the dead. Already had Lazarus suffered bitter persecution from them.

168:5.1 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus Lazarus] remained at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] [[home]], being the [[center]] of great interest to many [[sincere]] [[believers]] and to numerous [[curious]] [[individuals]], until the day of the [[crucifixion]] of [[Jesus]], when he [[received]] [[warning]] that the [[Sanhedrin]] had [[decreed]] his [[death]]. The rulers of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] were [[determined]] to put a stop to the further spread of the [[teachings]] of [[Jesus]], and they well [[judged]] that it would be useless to put [[Jesus]] to [[death]] if they permitted [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus Lazarus], who [[represented]] the very peak of his [[wonder]]-working, to live and bear [[testimony]] to the [[fact]] that Jesus had raised him from the [[dead]]. Already had [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus Lazarus] [[suffered]] bitter [[persecution]] from them.

168:5.2 And so Lazarus took hasty leave of his sisters at Bethany, fleeing down through Jericho and across the Jordan, never permitting himself to rest long until he had reached Philadelphia. Lazarus knew Abner well, and here he felt safe from the murderous intrigues of the wicked Sanhedrin.

168:5.2 And so [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus Lazarus] took hasty leave of his sisters at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany], fleeing down through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho Jericho] and across the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan], never [[permitting]] himself to [[rest]] long until he had reached [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman Philadelphia]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus Lazarus] knew [[Abner]] well, and here he felt safe from the [[murder]]ous [[intrigues]] of the [[wicked]] [[Sanhedrin]].

168:5.3 Soon after this Martha and Mary disposed of their lands at Bethany and joined their brother in Perea. Meantime, Lazarus had become the treasurer of the church at Philadelphia. He became a strong supporter of Abner in his controversy with Paul and the Jerusalem church and ultimately died, when 67 years old, of the same sickness that carried him off when he was a younger man at Bethany.

168:5.3 Soon after this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha Martha] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Bethany Mary] disposed of their [[lands]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] and joined their [[brother]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perea_(Holy_Land) Perea]. Meantime, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus Lazarus] had become the [[treasurer]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_church church at Philadelphia]. He became a strong supporter of [[Abner]] in his [[controversy]] with [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity Jerusalem church] and ultimately died, when 67 years old, of the same [[sickness]] that carried him off when he was a younger man at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany].

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