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Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. John 11:1 In the story of the resurrection of Lazarus from the dead, at the deeper sod level, Lazarus represents the Northern kingdom or the exiles of Israel. Mary represents the attitude of the Jewish people or Judaism, while Martha represents the attitude of Christianity. Lazarus is described as sick. Similarly, the spiritual condition of the exiles of Israel are described as sick: The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. Ezekiel 34:4 Yeshua is telling us that he is going to seek out these sheep that are sick and strengthen them: I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that w