Lazarus] i.e. Eleazar, 'God is my help,' a man of good social position, probably a son or near relative of Simon the Leper (Matthew 26:6); not to be identified with the beggar Lazarus of the parable. Bethany] a village at the Mount of Olives, a little less than 2 m. from Jerusalem, now called El 'Azerîyeh, 'the place of Lazarus.' Mary.. Martha] St. John supposes that they are known to his readers from St. Luke's narrative (Luke 10:38). The circumstances of the family, and the characters of the sisters in the two Gospels are quite in agreement.
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John 11:1
1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.