-the influence of Uncle Milty on the resurrected Lazarus-

there’s a New Testament translation by some modern-

day biblical scholars that takes into consideration

Lazarus, entombed, dead and bound like a mummy, that suggests

when Lazarus is called to “come forth” from the raspy

throat of Jesus, who loved Lazarus, or so some biblical scholars claim,––

that when the resurrected Lazarus did "come forth" as commanded,

the fact that he was wrapped in strips of cloth from head to toe,

required him to “hop” from the open tomb, or

as others deduced, “shuffle” his bound feet in little baby steps

toward the mumbling rubberneckers gathered there with the always

hyper-anxious Nazarene, playing his trump card.

If true,–– and why not,–– I wonder if anyone bearing witness to the scene

chuckled a ‘lil bit.  I sure know I would’ve.