This document is about Lazarus (Three_Siblings_of_Bethany). For other homonyms, please refer to the Lazarus document. He was the eldest brother among the three siblings living in the Bethany region. He received special love from Jesus.
John 11:1It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.John 11:2The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”John 11:3But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”John 11:4Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.John 11:5When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.John 11:6Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let’s go into Judea again.”
John 11:11The disciples therefore said, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”John 11:12Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.John 11:13So Jesus said to them plainly then, “Lazarus is dead.John 11:14I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let’s go to him.”John 11:15Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go also, that we may die with him.”John 11:16So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.John 11:17Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.John 11:18Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.John 11:19Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house.John 11:20Therefore Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.John 11:21Even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.”
John 11:39Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see God’s glory?”
John 11:43He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Free him, and let him go.”
John 12:1So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.John 12:2Therefore Mary took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed Jesus’s feet and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
John 12:9But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,John 12:10because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.John 12:11On the next day a great multitude had come to the feast. When they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,