18 — Person: Lazarus

Number: 18

Person: Lazarus

Action: Raised from the dead — coming out of the tomb at Jesus' command

Object: Grave clothes

Scripture connection: John 11:43–44 — Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out." The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with grave clothes, and his face wrapped with a cloth.

Memory hook: 18 = chai (חי) — life, in Hebrew. Lazarus is the one who was dead and lived again; the number 18 is life — one man, one resurrection before the cross.

Why this number? 18 = chai (life) in Hebrew; John 11. Lazarus is the man raised to life; the number 18 locks the miracle to the word for life.