Only a few humans can tell a story about life after death from experience. Lazarus was one of them. Jesus and Lazarus were friends, but we do not know when they met nor how they had grown close. We only know that they loved each other, for when Lazarus was on his death bed, his sisters, Mary and Martha, sent Jesus a message telling him, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” Jesus, upon receiving the message, inexplicably remained where he was for two more days without so much as a movement in the direction of Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus and his sisters. This action baffled his disciples, for they knew two things from experience: Jesus loved Lazarus, and Jesus could heal him.
