Lazarus

Mentioned in AD 33 traditional (Jones)

The brother of Mary and Martha of Bethany. He was raised from the dead after he had lain four days in the tomb (John 11:1-44).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Siblings: Martha, Mary
Tagged in: 11 verses

Mentioned in the era of the New Testament, 4 BC to AD 100.
Named in the same verses as Martha and Mary.

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Stories

2 events in which Lazarus takes part, in order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).

AD 30Lazarus Raised form the DeadJohn 11:1-46
AD 30Mary Anoints JesusJohn 12:1-11

Places

Places named in the same verses as Lazarus, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

likely location: Bethany2

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, AD 8–58, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

11 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.

John11

The name in each translation

Text	Occurrences of each name
BSB	Lazarus 20
KJV	Lazarus 15
ASV	Lazarus 15

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 11 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

John11 verses

11:1
At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
11:2
(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
11:5
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
11:11
After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”
11:14
So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,
11:43
After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
12:1
Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
12:2
So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.
12:9
Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. And they came not only because of Him, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
12:10
So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,
12:17
Meanwhile, many people who had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

The brother of Mary and Martha of Bethany. He was raised from the dead after he had lain four days in the tomb (John 11:1-44). This miracle so excited the wrath of the Jews that they sought to put both Jesus and Lazarus to death.