Lazarus of Bethany
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Lazarus of Bethany, brother of Martha and Mary, appears only in the Gospel of John. John describes him as someone Jesus loved (John 11:1-5). When Lazarus fell ill and died, Jesus came to Bethany, near Jerusalem, four days after the burial. He had the stone removed from the tomb and called Lazarus out, and the dead man came out still bound in grave-cloths (John 11:17-44). In John's Gospel it is the last and climactic of Jesus's 'signs' before his Passion. Lazarus later sat at table with Jesus at a supper in Bethany. John reports that so many people came to see him that the chief priests planned to kill him as well (John 12:1-11). The New Testament records nothing further. Eastern Orthodox tradition holds that he later became bishop of Kition (Larnaca) in Cyprus; a tomb inscribed to 'Lazarus the friend of Christ' was reported there in 890. A separate medieval Western legend makes him the first bishop of Marseille. The name is the Greek form of the Hebrew Eleazar. He should not be confused with the poor man Lazarus in a parable in Luke 16.
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Bethany (al-Eizariya)Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem (West Bank)
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John sets the illness, death and raising of Lazarus in Bethany, 'about fifteen stadia' from Jerusalem (John 11:1, 11:17-44). The supper with Jesus and the plot against Lazarus also take place there (John 12:1-11).
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