"Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. Was He waiting so that those around Lazarus would have no doubt that their friend was gone? Very possibly. Jesus took his time before leaving for Bethany, knowing that the Jewish culture deemed a person dead after three days. To our human minds this delay might have been seen as uncaring, but remember Jesus was God incarnate and knew Lazarus’s life span. Martha, Mary’s sister was the one who complained to Jesus that her sister needed to help her in the kitchen ( Luke 10:38-42). His sister, Mary, would sit at the Master’s feet and listen to his words. Jesus had previously visited the three siblings and had enjoyed the family’s hospitality. Lazarus lived in a nearby town, Bethany, two miles southeast of Jerusalem, and was the brother of Martha and Mary.
Lazarus’s story appears in John 11 when a messenger shows up where Jesus was ministering and requests Jesus come immediately to the home of a sick man. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it." ( John 11:1-4) So the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom you love is ill." But when Jesus heard it he said, "This illness does not lead to death. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. " Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Lazarus was a friend to Jesus and a brother to Mary and Martha. The name Lazarus in Greek is Lazaros, which comes from the Hebrew, Eleazar, meaning “He, (God) has helped." Let’s revisit the Bible story of Lazarus to see how God helped him. The name brings up images of overcoming death and stems from a passage in the Bible. The name Lazarus has been used for all kinds of titles- from a Davie Bowie rock and roll album to a video game.
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