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Lazarus of Bethany

Person resurrected by Jesus in the Gospel of John

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 13, 2026
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Lazarus of Bethany is a figure of the New Testament whose life is restored by Jesus four days after his death, as told in the Gospel of John. The resurrection is considered one of the miracles of Jesus. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Lazarus is venerated as Righteous Lazarus, the Four-Days Dead. The Eastern Orthodox and Catholic traditions offer varying accounts of the later events of his life.

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The public source identifies “Lazarus of Bethany” as person resurrected by Jesus in the Gospel of John. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lazarus, Bethany and Person.

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This entry incorporates text from “Lazarus of Bethany” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.