Note that the text says Jesus delayed because he loved Martha and Mary and Lazarus. This, of course, is paradoxical, because we expect love to make one rush to the aid of the afflicted.

This is Italian artist Giotto di Bondone’s depiction of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead in one of Jesus’ last miracles before he was crucified. Di Bondone lived from 1267-1337.

Duccio’s “The Raising of Lazarus” is a storytelling masterpiece. Franklin sings of how Lazarus, a follower of Jesus, had died while Jesus was away.

The raising of Lazarus in this gospel marks a crucial point in John’s narrative. ... Ironically, it’s precisely the raising of Lazarus to life that seals Jesus’ death.

The dying is not the most important part of the Gospel story of the raising of Lazarus, which is traditionally called Jesus’ “greatest miracle” and which, in John’s Gospel, will ultimately ...

His greatest miracle has to be raising Lazarus from the dead. Jesus receives news that his dear friend is gravely ill, over 15 miles away, yet Jesus stays put with his disciples for two days ...

As Macy describes Mathis’s telling, “Jesus had already performed the miracle; now, it was up to the community to do the stinky, messy work of pulling the burial shroud off Lazarus.” This ...

WSHU spoke to Father James Martin, one of the nation’s most well-known Jesuit priests, about his new book Come Forth: The Promise of Jesus' Greatest Miracle, and what the story of Lazarus can ...