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In his fresco, Giotto even finds a way to express Martha's worry that Lazarus will "stink" if taken out of the tomb. Giotto places two apostles among those taking the body from the tomb, identified by halos. They usually have Martha and Mary, the two sisters of Lazarus, kneel before Jesus, and they include the crowd and at least some of the apostles. They also often add more of the details from John's text, as in the Giotto's fresco at right.
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They abandon the wand and usually have Jesus' fingers configured as in blessing. Medieval artists continue to show Lazarus wrapped in grave cloths. In John 11 Lazarus has been laid to rest in a "monument" (Latin monumentum, Greek μνημειον), but when Jesus arrives the text says, "it was a cave." The early images compromise the two terms by showing a temple-like structure built into a mountainside, as at right and in this example. In other cases he raises his hand with the fingers in blessing configuration ( example). Sometimes he gestures with a wand, a common device in the early art for showing that a miracle is occurring, as in this example. In early images such as the sarcophagus relief at right, Jesus is also youthful and beardless. The youthful, beardless Lazarus always stands wrapped in his grave cloths – with his face showing, although the text says it was covered. Images of the raising of Lazarus always have Jesus standing a bit apart from Lazarus and gesturing to him. That is all that scripture has to say about Lazarus, but the Golden Legend gives him a further adventure. In John 11:1-44 Jesus revives his friend Lazarus, who died four days earlier. In the Gospel we read that the Lord called him friend and raised him from the dead. In Marseille, in France, blessed Lazarus, Bishop, the brother of Saints Mary Madgalene and Martha.