Expert: J.M.J. West - 12/21/2008

Question
what happened to lazurus

Answer
Eagerton,

Thanks for the question.  Lazarus was Jesus' friend, the brother of Mary and Martha from Bethany, who died and then was resurrected by Christ so as to show his authority over death.

Lazarus was also the only person featured by name in a parable of Christ (Lazarus and the Rich man), in which Lazarus is in "Abraham's bosom", the righteous part of Sheol, the abode of the dead in Hebrew cosmology; and the rich man was in "Hades", the place of holding for the less righteous in Sheol.

Lazarus was resurrected by Christ, returned to his earthly life.  But he was not resurrected in his final, glorified form (or at least there is no contextual evidence of this), and as such it seems that he probably lived a normal life and then died again, in anticipation of the resurrection.

It is interesting to note that Jesus himself wept upon learning of Lazarus' death, and Mary and Martha blame him for not coming sooner to stop the impending death of Lazarus.

More information here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_of_Bethany

Hope that helps!

Pax Christi,

-J.M.J. West