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Wayne:
re: Osiris / Lazarus - maybe a hint that Lazarus was not the guy's real (or at least original) name?
Jesus was into giving people new names, like Simon -> Peter and (posthumously) Saul -> Paul.
The story falls together nicely if Nicodemus -> Lazarus. :D
Wayne:
Several claims in that list are refuted (correctly or not) in the comments, but the phonetic connection of Osiris and Lazarus is cool.
Lazarus means "blessed of God."
Wayne:
:D
For over three thrusand years Osiris, god of the blessed dead, was the Egyptians/ most important god. Every pious Egyptian was concerned with attaining resurrection from the dead. And all together looked to the god Osiris as their great hope.
Wayne:
Lazaraus had two sisters Mary and Martha who mourned after his death.
Osiris had two sisters who mourned after his death.
Wayne:
Oddly, Osiris's coffin got swallowed up in the trunk of an Erica tree. I've never heard of an erica tree before. ??? :-\
Here are some flowers of an "Erica tree"
Click to see us grow! :D
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