Raising of Lazarus

Raising of Lazarus (Caravaggio)

The raising of Lazarus is a story of the miracle of Jesus recounted in the Gospel of John (John 11:1–44) in the New Testament, as well as in the Secret Gospel of Mark (a fragment of an extended version of the Gospel of Mark) in which Jesus raises Lazarus of Bethany from the dead four days after his entombment.

Quotes

• Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
  And some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?”
  Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”
  Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”
  Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”
  • Gospel of John 11:35-44 NKJV.

See also

• Lazarus of Bethany
• Resurrection
• Raising of Jairus' daughter
• Raising of the son of the widow of Nain