77. The Lord also shows us in the Gospel, to
come now to instances, after what manner we shall rise again.
“For He raised not Lazarus alone, but the faith of all; and if
thou believest, as thou readest, thy spirit also, which was dead,
revives with Lazarus.” For what does it mean, that the Lord
went to the sepulchre and cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come
forth,” S. John xi. 43. except that He
would give us a visible proof, would set forth an example of the future
resurrection? Why did He cry with a loud voice, as though He were
not wont to work in the Spirit, to command in silence, but only that He
might show that which is written: “In a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye, at the last trump the dead shall rise again
incorruptible”? 1 Cor. xv. 52. For the
raising of the voice answers to the peal of trumpets. And He
cried, “Lazarus, come forth.” Why is the name added,
except perchance lest one might seem to be raised instead of another,
or that the resurrection were rather accidental than
commanded.