![]() ![]() He answered, 'Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house, for I have five brothers. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.' So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.'īut Abraham replied, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. In Hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's Side. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 7 The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem.4 References in Early Christianity and Medieval tradition.2.3 As a mixture of Jesus and early Christian material.Many allusions to Lazarus (particularly those involving the idea of resurrection from the dead) should be understood as referring to the Lazarus described in John, rather than to the poor begger of this story. ![]() While the two characters have sometimes been conflated historically, they are generally understood to be two separate characters. He is the subject of a prominent miracle attributed to Jesus in the Gospel of John, in which Jesus restores him to life four days after his death. The name Lazarus (from the Hebrew: אלעזר, Elʿāzār, Eleazar - "God (has) helped") is also given to a second, and arguably more famous, figure in the Bible: Lazarus of Bethany, also known as Lazarus of the Four Days. The story has been a favorite for artists and theologians, as it is the most vivid account of an afterlife to be found in the New Testament. In the text of the Latin Bible, the Vulgate, since the rich man is not named, he is referred to as Dives from dives, the Latin word for rich man. Recorded only in the Gospel of Luke ( Luke 16:19-31), it tells of the relationship (in life and in death) between an unnamed rich man and a poor beggar named Lazarus. ![]() Middle panel: Lazarus' soul is carried to Paradise by two angels Lazarus in Abraham's bosomīottom panel: Dives' soul is carried off by two devils to Hell Dives is tortured in Hadesĭives and Lazarus, also called Lazarus and Dives or The Rich Man and the Beggar Lazarus, is one of the stories told by Jesus. Top panel: Lazarus at the rich man's door Tell Lazarus to dip his finger in some water, come down here, and touch it to my burning tongue.".įor the full script, sign in or sign up, and download from above/right.Lazarus and Dives, illumination from the Codex Aureus of Echternach So he called out (rich group puts hands to side of mouth in calling motion), "Father Abraham! It's hot down here. The poor man was carried by the angels into the presence of Abraham (poor group, thumbs up).īut the rich man went to burning depths of Hades (rich group, thumbs down).įrom the midst of those burning flames, the rich man could see the poor man. ![]() So did the rich man (rich group makes same dying motion).īut they finished up in two very different places. The poor man died (poor group makes "Uurp" sound, tilts head to one side and shuts eyes). He wore expensive clothes and ate however much he wanted (rich group makes greedy, gobbling up sound).Īt the rich man's gate, there lived a poor man called Lazarus.Īnd he fought for what scraps fell from the rich man's table (poor group grab for scraps). In the calling, shaking head section, you could also have each group repeat the words of the rich man and Abraham, line by line. Then get a leader for each group to lead that group in its actions. Divide your group in two, one for Lazarus and one for the rich man. This is an active version of Jesus' parable. ![]()
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