I wish St. Lazarus had written a book in the Bible

[PetraG]

What about st joseph and st Mary? That would be something

Who else could have given the accounts early in Luke? Probably not directly from St. Joseph, as Our Lady is accompanied by other family members in the Gospel accounts and tradition has it that he is the patron of a happy death because he died while the Holy Family still lived all in one home, before Our Lord began his public ministry. Either the stories came from Our Lady or else directly from the Holy Spirit, don’t you think? (Simeon and Anna the prophetess would surely have died by 30 years later…)

Biblical scholar Ben Witherington III has a theory that the Gospel of John was actually written by Lazarus. This is because the term “beloved disciple” does not appear until the scene with Lazarus, and from that point forward it is repeated several times. The theory does have its shortfalls, of course. But Lazarus could have provided information to St. John for inclusion in the Gospel.

The Gospels say they are based on the accounts of witnesses, not all the same witness. Who knows whose insights might be included?

 

[Spyridon]

There are certain modern Biblical scholars who theorize that the “Beloved Disciple” of the Gospel of John was none other than St. Lazarus himself, and in turn that Lazarus is the human author of the Gospel of John.

Was Lazarus the Beloved Disciple?

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benwitherington.blogspot.com

 

[Cruciferi]

Uh, no…
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[bobperk]

I mentioned the theory only because it is connected to the original poster’s subject of Lazarus. I do not believe the theory myself that Lazarus is the predominant author of John. Can he have provided some information to the evangelist? Perhaps, but at this point it is not provable and can only be conjectured by internal evidence and academic theorizing. Also, the view is vastly in the minority (actually, I cannot name another scholar who holds this view off the top of my head aside from Witherington). None of the Fathers, as far as I am aware, even propose the idea. It is an interesting theory to consider, but that’s about all.