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Message: <blockquote data-quote="itry" data-source="post: 2599841" data-attributes="member: 476700">Lazarus and Christ’s resurrection? In an online publication below we are told that Lazarus’s resurrection increased faith in Christ’s resurrection, thereby implying that the disciples fully expected a bodily resurrection for Christ as they saw with Lazarus.That is, the disciples were taught that Christ would be resurrected bodily and Lazarus’s resurrection was part of that teaching. Therefore to teach that Christ was resurrected as a spirit would go against Christ’s teachings. The miracle of Lazarus' restoration to life served to increase faith in Jesus and the resurrection. (John 11:41, 42; 12:9-11, 17-19) In a touching way, it also reveals the willingness and desire of Jehovah and his Son to perform the resurrection.http://www.watchtower.org/e/we/article_05.htm</blockquote>