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In this article the story of the raising of Lazarus is object of study. I approach this story from Genre- und Formkritik. I begin with the delimitation, context and structure of this passage. Afterwards I treat John 10:40-11:54 as a miracle story, discuss the question to which genre it belongs and examine the different motifs, with special attention to the motif of the late coming of the miracle worker, clearing the way for discussion about life and death as the definitive end, and the motif of belief, not a condition, but goal for the miracle.