The Basilica of St Francis

The Raising of Lazarus

  • The third painting illustrates one of the most extraordinary miracles performed by Jesus at the grave of his friend Lazarus, who had been dead for four days. The episode, which anticipates the Resurrection of Christ, is recorded in the eleventh chapter of John's Gospel which pictures Mary and Martha, sisters of the deceased, expressing their grief for the lost brother to Jesus, who is stirred: . . .