Jesus cried out with a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come out.’  

The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth.  (John 11:43-44)

Lazarus is a name taken via the Latin Lazar, derived from the Hebrew ‘Eleazer’, which means ‘God helped’.

Lazarus was the brother of Mary and Martha.  The family were clearly very good friends, possible even relations of Jesus.  They lived in Bethany, now called El-Azariya (‘place’ of Lazarus), situated on the south eastern slope of the Mount of Olives, and thus a short walk from Jerusalem.