"Lazarus" => "Eleazar".
Mark 5:
[25] And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years,
[26] and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse.
[27] She had heard the reports about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment.
[28] For she said, "If I touch even his garments, I shall be made well."
[29] And immediately the hemorrhage ceased; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.
[30] And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him, immediately turned about in the crowd, and said, "Who touched my garments?"
Attention Markan Priority fans!
Existence is not a Predicate!!! "Jesus" is SOOOO Metaphysically aware of Nature that if you even touch his "Garments", he is aware! This radiative effect may end at the edge of this clothes, however. What are the Physics of this? Could we duplicate it in a lab somewhere?
No, the Story is Symbolic. Mark has written skillfully. He appends the following into a seamless garment - a
Cuirass, perhaps, with this:
[31] And his disciples said to him, "
You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, `Who touched me?'"
NO!!! Who touched his GARMENTS!!!
[32] And he looked around to see who had done it.
[33] But the woman, knowing what had been done to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him, and told him the whole truth.
[34] And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease."
[35] While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler's house some who said, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?"
[36] But ignoring what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Do not fear, only believe."
[37] And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John the brother of James.
[38] When they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, he saw a tumult, and people weeping and wailing loudly.
[39] And when he had entered, he said to them, "Why do you make a tumult and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping."
[40] And they laughed at him. But he put them all outside, and took the child's father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.
[41] Taking her by the hand he said to her, "Tal'itha cu'mi"; which means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise."
[42] And immediately the girl got up and walked (
she was twelve years of age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement.
Two Stories with a common identifier - "
TWELVE YEARS".
The little girl is "Resurrected".
"Lazarus" is "Resurrected".
John 11 is the Roman Template for what is to happen. What if we substituted "Eleazar" for the Greek "Lazarus":
[2] It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Eleazar was ill.
[3] So the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom you love is ill."
...
[5] Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Eleazar
...
[11] Thus he spoke, and then he said to them, "Our friend Eleazar has fallen asleep, but I go to awake him out of sleep."
[12] The disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."
[13] Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep.
[14] Then Jesus told them plainly, "Eleazar is dead;
...
[17] Now when Jesus came, he found that Eleazar had already been in the tomb four days.
...
[43] When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Eleazar", come out."
[44] The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with bandages, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."
...
John 12: 1 - 2 (RSV):
[1] Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Eleazar was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
[2] There they made him a supper; Martha served, and Eleazar was one of those at table with him.
If "Jesus" was Real, he is Unclean by Authority of the Book of Numbers. There is a way out of this Puzzle (The
SECOND Passover a month later...) but that only leads to another Puzzle. Here's where a few of the Survivors such as Zakkai at Javneh may have played a role but that's for another day.
The point is that the Markan Story may be a Symbolic Tale of the Hasmoneans:
1 Chronicles 24:
[1] The divisions of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abi'hu,
Elea'zar, and Ith'amar.
[2] But Nadab and Abi'hu died before their father, and had no children,
so Elea'zar and Ith'amar became the priests.
[3] With the help of Zadok of the sons of Elea'zar, and Ahim'elech of the sons of Ith'amar, David organized them according to the appointed duties in their service.
[4]
Since more chief men were found among the sons of Elea'zar than among the sons of Ith'amar, they organized them under sixteen heads of fathers' houses of the sons of Elea'zar, and eight of the sons of Ith'amar.
[5] They organized them by lot, all alike, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both the sons of Elea'zar and the sons of Ith'amar.
[6] And the scribe Shemai'ah the son of Nethan'el, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahim'elech the son of Abi'athar, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites;
one father's house being chosen for Elea'zar and one chosen for Ith'amar.
[7] The first lot fell to Jehoi'arib, the second to Jedai'ah,
...
[14] the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
...
[19] These had as their appointed duty in their service to come into the house of the LORD according to the procedure established for them by Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
This is the hidden Story of Eleazar and it is all over the NT.
This is the Story of the HASMONEANS who were assigned Membership in Jehoiarib, although Immer claims them as well. Bilgah is the fiftennth Mishmarot Group and they were on Duty at the Passover Slaughter of 4 BCE, at the Interregnum of Herod and son Archelaus. Bilgah committed an Offense against the Priesthood and is deprecated in Honor to the other 23 Mishmarot Groups.
Immer follows Bilgah and the Coup against the Herodians and Romans is centered in this Group. Immer will re-establish and re-dedicate a New Temple not built by human hands on the Weekly Sabbath following this Passover.
Joseph D. L. wrote: ↑Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:53 am
Lazarus is likely the original resurrection. It's the main point of convergence between
John,
Mark,
Secret Mark. The Parable of the Rich Man's Son in
Luke is based on Lazarus.
The implication is that in the original Gospel, Jesus died and remained dead.
Within the Symbolic Story guidelines, Joseph D. L. is correct. The Hasmonean Dynasty is DEAD. It has been dead for "Four Days". Beyond this time a body cannot be Resurrected. "Jesus", however, may do what even God cannot. He will Resurrect Lazarus -
ELEAZAR - and Transplant the Priesthood into Rome.
CW