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The Raising of Lazarus is an oil-on-canvas painting of 1631 by the Dutch artist Jan Lievens. The painting shows Jesus Christ raising Lazarus of Bethany from the dead. Its dimensions are 107 cm (42 in) × 114.3 cm (45.0 in). [1] First acquired by Lievens' associate Rembrandt, it was donated to the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery in 1903.
The raising of Lazarus is a story of the miracle of Jesus recounted in the Gospel of John (John 11:1–44) in the New Testament, as well as in the Secret Gospel of Mark (a fragment of an extended version of the Gospel of Mark) in which Jesus raises Lazarus of Bethany from the dead four days after his entombment.
John 11 is the eleventh chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It records the raising of Lazarus from the dead, a miracle of Jesus Christ, and the subsequent development of the chief priests' and Pharisees' plot against Jesus. [1]
The Raising of Lazarus is an oil-on-panel painting by the Dutch artist Rembrandt from early in his career; it was probably painted between 1630 and 1632. The work depicts the Raising of Lazarus as told in the Gospel of John, Chapter 11. It is in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
The poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot contains the lines: 'To say: "I am Lazarus, come from the dead,/Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all"' in reference [dubious – discuss] to Dives' request to have Beggar Lazarus return from the dead to tell his brothers of his fate.
In the Catacombs of Rome, artists just hinted at the Resurrection by using images from the Old Testament such as the fiery furnace and Daniel in the Lion's Den. The period between the year 250 AD and the liberating Edict of Milan in 313 AD saw violent persecutions of Christians under Decius and Diocletian. The most numerous surviving examples ...
The resurrection of Jesus (Biblical Greek: ἀνάστασις τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, romanized: anástasis toú Iēsoú) is the Christian belief that God raised Jesus from the dead on the third day [note 1] after his crucifixion, starting – or restoring [web 1] [note 2] – his exalted life as Christ and Lord.
The Resurrection of Lazarus; S. The Raising of Lazarus (Sebastiano del Piombo)