Difference between revisions of "Lazarus"

<p> '''Laz'arus.''' ''(whom God helps).'' Another form of the Hebrew name, '''Eleazar''' . </p> <p> 1. Lazarus of Bethany, the brother of Martha and Mary. &nbsp;John 11:1. All that we know of him is derived from the Gospel of St. John, and that records little more than the facts of his death and resurrection. The language of &nbsp;John 11:1 implies that the sisters were the better known. Lazarus is "of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha." From this and from the order of the three names in &nbsp;John 11:5, we may reasonably infer that Lazarus was the youngest of the family. All the circumstances of John 11 and John 12 point to wealth and social position above the average. </p> <p> The name of a poor man in the well-known parable of &nbsp;Luke 16:19-31. The name of Lazarus has been perpetuated in an institution of the [[Christian]] Church. The leper of the Middle Ages appears as a '''lazzaro''' . The use of '''lazaretto''' and '''lazarhouse''' for the leper hospitals then founded in all parts of western Christendom, no less than that of '''lazaroni''' for the mendicants of [[Italian]] towns, is an indication of the effect of the parable upon the mind of Europe in the Middle Ages, and thence, upon its later speech. </p>

<p> '''Lazarus''' (''lăz'a-r'' ''ŭs'' ), an abbreviation of Eleazar, ''whom God helps.'' 1. [[A]] person of Bethany residing with his two sisters, in whose household Christ was a frequent guest. He was raised from the tomb by Christ in the presence of the family and a number of Jews, after he had been dead four days. So incensed were the Jews at this that they sought to kill not only Christ, but even Lazarus. &nbsp;John 11:1-57; &nbsp;John 12:1 to &nbsp;John 11:2. In the parable by which our [[Saviour]] illustrates the retributions of the future world one of the parties is named Lazarus. &nbsp;Luke 16:19-31. </p>