the beggar Luke 16:20-25.
Lazarus (Gr. Lá5aros, “God’s help”; from a late Jewish abbreviation or popular form of Heb. ‘El’â5âr, “God has helped”). 1. Name of one of the characters in Christ’s parable of the rich man and the beggar (Luk 16: 19-31), the only case in which Jesus used a proper name in his parables. Lazarus is portrayed as a poor sick and crippled man who was brought daily to the door of the wealthy man in the hope of finding enough scraps of food from the table of the powerful to sustain his miserable existence. While he was there, the half-wild dogs licked his sores, but the rich man completely ignored him. In time Lazarus died, and later also the rich man. The parabola then presents its respective conditions as radically inverted. The rich man sees Lazarus reclining happily in Abraham’s bosom*, while he was tormented in hell.* When he appealed to Abraham to send Lazarus to ease his agony, Abraham reminded him that he had not helped the beggar when he had the chance. chance. The rich man then asked that Lazarus be sent to warn his brothers who were still living, to do well to escape the torment he suffered. Abraham replied that they had the writings of Moses and the prophets to guide their lives, but they would not listen to them, nor if someone rose from the dead to tell them to obey their instructions. (Tradition has it that the rich man was called Epulón, based on the flimsy argument that in this parable the Vulgate translates the Greek word for “feast” with a Latin from which the name Epulón is derived.) 2. Inhabitant of the village of Bethany.* He was the brother of Mary* and Martha,* and a beloved friend of Jesus (John 11:1-3). He appears in the Bible in connection with one of the greatest miracles of the Lord. According to the account, Lazarus fell ill, which was reported to Jesus, who was perhaps working in Perea, about 20 miles from Bethany. Instead of rushing to the sick, as the sisters doubtless expected, he delayed a couple of days, during which time Lazarus died (John 11:6, 7). Jesus allowed it “for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified by it” (v 4). Because by what he followed he was able to undeniably prove to his friends and enemies that he was the Lord of life (vs 25, 26). Christ and his disciples finally arrived at Bethany, but not before Lazarus had already been buried for 4 days (v 17). Accompanied by Mary and Martha and many onlookers, he went to the tomb. At his command, after a warning from Martha, the stone covering the entrance was removed (vs 39-41). Then Jesus, after thanking the Father for listening to him, called his dead friend out loud to come out (vs 41-43). At the call, Lazarus woke up and came out of the tomb wrapped in the shroud (v 44). This great miracle led many to believe in Jesus 703 as the Messiah, but confirmed his enemies in the conviction that they must put him out of the way (vs 45-53). Lazarus was also sentenced to death by Jesus’ enemies because he was a living demonstration of Christ’s power (12:10, 11). Lazarus was later present at a dinner given in honor of Jesus, at which his sister Mary anointed the Master’s feet with precious and expensive ointment (John 12:1-3). The raising of Lazarus was a contributing factor in the enthusiastic acclamation bestowed upon Jesus by the people of Jerusalem at his triumphal entry (John 12:12-17). 310. Entrance of the traditional tomb of Lazarus, in Betania. Ribbon. Translation of the: 1. Heb. môqesh, “snare”, “bait” (Psa 140:5; 141:9; Amo 3:5). 2. Heb. paj, “bird trap” or “snare” (Job 18:9; Isa 8:14; etc.). Ancient monuments show various types of traps or snares for hunting birds. 3. Gr. paguis, “snare”, “trap”, “surprise” (Luk 21:35; Rom 11:9; 2 Tit 2:26; Mat 22:15). 4. Gr. brojos (1Co 7:35).
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
Greek, the humble. 1. L. de Betania, brother of Marta and María, who fell ill and his sisters notified Jesus. He told them that his illness was not fatal and that with it he would glorify God. But Jesus stayed two more days in that place and then returned to Judah. Meanwhile, L. de B. had died and when Jesus returned he had been in the tomb for four days. Seeing the two sisters cry, he raised him from the dead. 2. L. the poor. Lucas, in the parable of the bad rich man and L. el p., The latter is lying next to the doorway of a rich man hoping to satisfy his hunger with the waste from his table. This man died and was carried by angels into Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man, when he died, was thrown into hell and condemned to suffer terrible torments, Lk 16, 19-31.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
(lat. by gr. of the heb., Eleazar).
1. Lazarus, the brother of Martha and Mary, who lived in Bethany. During Jesus’ absence, Lazarus fell ill and died; after a delay Jesus returned and resurrected him (Joh 11:1—Joh 12:19). The following details highlight the importance of this miracle:
( 1 ) The number of days (four) between death and resurrection, Joh 11:39;
(2) the number of witnesses present, Joh 11:45; John 12:17-18;
(3) Lazarus’ apparent health after the event, Joh 12:1-2, Joh 12:9; Y
(4) the significance of the event for the Jews, Joh 11:53; John 12:10-11.
2. Lazarus, a beggar who died and went to Abraham’s bosom (Luk 16:19-31). The truths the passage illustrates include:
(1) Eternal destiny is determined at the moment of death;
(2) there is no purgatory awaiting the just; Y
(3) the human being has enough warnings now.
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(God helped).
– Lazarus and the rich man, Luk 16:20-25.
– Whom Jesus resurrected, Jn.11 to 12:19.
Christian Bible Dictionary
Dr. J. Dominguez
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Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
(Abbrev. of Eleazar: God has helped). Names of people in the NT.
1. Brother of Marta and María, from Betania. The Lord Jesus used to stay in his house. When L. was sick, they told the Lord: “Behold, the one you love is sick” (Jua 11:3). But Christ made it clear that the illness was not for death, but “for the glory of God” (v. 4) and did not come right away. When he decided to go to Bethany, he told his disciples that L. was asleep and that he was going “to wake him up.” He then clarified that he had died. Martha and Mary, when they met the Lord Jesus, told him that if he had come before, his brother would not have died. But the Lord inquired about the place where they had laid him four days before, went there and called L., who came out of the tomb “with bandages on his hands and feet, and a shroud on his face” (John 11:1 -44). This miracle caused many to believe in the Lord Jesus and caused the jealousy of “the chief priests and the Pharisees,” who called together the Sanhedrin to decide what they would do. It was then that Caiaphas, high priest that year, “prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation.” “So from that day they agreed to kill him” (Joh 11:1-53). That purpose was intensified days later, when they made a dinner for the Lord Jesus in Bethany, hearing which “a large crowd” came to see him and, also, to see L. Then, “the chief priests agreed to put L to death also. † (Joh 12:1-11).
. Character of a story that the Lord Jesus made and used as a parable, which is known as “the parable of the rich man and Lazarus”. It is known that the story refers to real events because the parables never narrate events that could not have happened and, furthermore, because this is the only case in which the Lord cares to offer the name of one of the characters. In an apocryphal gospel it is said that the rich man was called Epulon.
L. was a beggar who used to throw himself at the door of a rich man. he “feasted sumptuously every day.” When they both died they went to different places. In Hades, the rich man, in torment, saw L. in Abraham’s bosom from afar and asked him to send L. to the house of his brothers to warn them, † œso that they do not come them also to this place of torment †. But Abraham replied that they must listen to Moses and his prophets, otherwise † œthey will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead † (Luke 16: 19-31).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
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vet, (from the Hebrew “’El’azar”: “God has helped”). Inhabitant of Betania, brother of Marta and María. Much loved by his sisters and by Jesus, Lazarus had the great honor of being resurrected. His sisters had reported to Jesus, who was beyond the Jordan at the time, that their brother was gravely ill; the Master did not act immediately. Two days later, Lazarus died, and Jesus set out for Bethany, where Martha went to meet him. Declaring to himself her resurrection and her life, the Lord appealed to Martha’s faith. Accompanied by the two sisters and his friends, he went to the grotto that served as a tomb, according to the custom of the Jews. Jesus ordered the removal of the stone that closed the entrance and directed a thanksgiving to God, to show those present that his Father had sent him to carry out that miracle. Then he cried out in a loud voice: “Lazarus, come out!” And he who had been dead came out (Jn. 14:1-44). The greatness of this miracle was even greater for the Jews, because according to their conception the soul of the deceased remained close to the body until the third day. Lazarus was resurrected on the fourth day after his death, which would make even the most hardened of the spectators aware of the reality and origin of the power of Jesus Christ. This miracle unleashed enthusiasm as far as Jerusalem itself, but it also served to make the members of the Sanhedrin irrevocably decide for the death of him, whom the people wanted to proclaim king. The Sanhedrin did not want this spiritual kingdom, and also feared an uprising against the Romans, to whom the leading Jewish authorities owed their positions. The leaders of the nation considered it preferable to suppress Jesus, guilty or not, to save the nation (Jn. 11:45-53; 12:9-19). Lazarus attended the supper that Simon the leper gave in honor of Jesus at Bethany, six days before the Passover (Jn. 12:1, 2). The Jews, beside themselves seeing that this fact had served to increase the popularity of Jesus, also concocted the death of Lazarus; he undoubtedly escaped the attack, and died a natural death. However, his later life is unknown.
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Greek form of the biblical Eleazar. Evangelical figure, quoted only in…