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Originally Posted by Ohio
Nice find. Perhaps Lazarus (Laz-are-us?) was a forerunner in paradise (Hades?) for the coming Christ, as John the Baptist was before the ministry of Christ. Imagine the news spreading in Hades (both regions) when Lazarus suddenly disappears? We do know that the news of the resurrection of Lazarus in Jerusalem ignited the Psalm Sunday grand arrival of Jesus, the King of the Jews.
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Hm. That's a thought worth pursuing. The lord of Hades -- that is, Hades himself -- had one main job: to keep people in Hades. Losing Lazarus (the brother of Mary and Martha) would have been a failure on his part. Zeus might've said to his brother, "I give you ONE JOB to do and you can't do it." What Zeus wouldn't realize until a bit later was the situation was about to get far worse. When Jesus resurrects, many tombs were opened and "Lazaruses" came forth.
There really is a lot of mystery which is unsolved. But I enjoy speculating. And sometimes such speculations yield food to my soul.