For this reason, it is given a prominent place in the gospel.' In the context of the seven signs in the Gospel of John, the raising of Lazarus at Bethany – today the Palestinian town of Al-Eizariya in the West Bank, which translates to 'the place of Lazarus' – is the climactic narrative: exemplifying the power of Jesus 'over the last and most irresistible enemy of humanity: death. The Eastern Orthodox and Catholic traditions offer varying accounts of the later events of his life.

Lazarus of Bethany (Latinised from Lazar, ultimately from Hebrew Eleazar, 'God helped'), also venerated as Righteous Lazarus, the Four-Days Dead in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the subject of a sign of Jesus in the Gospel of John, in which Jesus restores him to life four days after his death. In the scene of his resurrection, he is portrayed tightly bound in mummified clothes, which resemble swaddling bands. Sometimes vested as an apostle, sometimes as a bishop. Eastern Churches: Lazarus Saturday 17 March 17 October.Christ's raising of Lazarus, Athens, 12–13th century

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