Some art reflects the gospel account itself other art deals with issues that developed in the early Church and reveals how Christians thought about Jesus’ magical powers, about his resurrection and about whether flesh as well as spirit could be restored to life. Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. Now he explains that Lazarus is dead, using the common Jewish euphemism for death as sleep. Illustrations provide one way among many that the story of Lazarus can be understood. Viewers familiar with the Gospel of John immediately recognize this as the moment when Jesus commands the dead man to rise and exit his tomb, crying, “Lazarus, come out!” Yet in many ways-the booth, the mummy wrappings, the magician’s wand-it differs from the account in the Gospel of John ( 11:1–45), incidentally the only canonical gospel in which the raising of Lazarus is recounted. Jesus raised Lazarus so that his disciples and other onlookers would be prepared for his own forthcoming resurrection from the dead, which would happen in a. Lazarus, Hebrew Eleazar, (God Has Helped), either of two figures mentioned in the New Testament. The scene is stunning, even slightly horrifying. Nearby, a man holding a wand taps or points at the mummy. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. In this case, He was willing to resurrect Lazarus from death to physical life. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. /videos/searchqlazarus+resurrection+matthew&qpvtlazarus+resurrection+matthew&FORMVDRE We must learn to see death from God’s perspective. An intriguing image frequently appears on the walls of ancient Christian catacombs and on carved reliefs of early Christian tombs-a mummy-like creature emerging from a small booth. Matthew wrote: And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.
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