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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39895 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lazarus'slazarus

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it
90 times in 61 works
Consistency
84.9% (90 of 106)
Reach if approved
~111 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
106 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (90 changes in 61 works, 84.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 90)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … indeed more difficultly credible, and yet ſtill doubt of eaſier and leſſer things; as Lazarus'sLazarus Siſters believed that their Brother would riſe again at the last Day, and yet …
    With rule
    … indeed more difficultly credible, and yet ſtill doubt of eaſier and leſſer things; as Lazarus'sLazarus Siſters believed that their Brother would riſe again at the last Day, and yet …

    Timothy Cruso · Twenty-Four Sermons · p. 191 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the Soul being gathered with the Elect enters immediately into glory; to know where Lazarus'sLazarus Soul was, while he was in the Grave, requires more skill then I can …
    With rule
    … the Soul being gathered with the Elect enters immediately into glory; to know where Lazarus'sLazarus Soul was, while he was in the Grave, requires more skill then I can …

    Oliver Heywood · The General Assembly · p. 27 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … often eat of his bread, and drank of his Cup. That BETHANY, which, by Lazarus'sLazarus Death, may juſtly now be ſtil'd an houſ of Sorrow, was, in Lazarus Life …
    With rule
    … often eat of his bread, and drank of his Cup. That BETHANY, which, by Lazarus'sLazarus Death, may juſtly now be ſtil'd an houſ of Sorrow, was, in Lazarus Life …

    Thomas Lye · Death the Sweetest Sleep · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … that attempt also. The Parable of Lazarus and the Rich man, prove only that Lazarus'sLazarus soul was in Abraham's bosom; that Abraham's bosom was not in Heaven, it doth …
    With rule
    … that attempt also. The Parable of Lazarus and the Rich man, prove only that Lazarus'sLazarus soul was in Abraham's bosom; that Abraham's bosom was not in Heaven, it doth …

    John Owen · Animadversions on Fiat Lux · p. 407 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Thus a little with the Fear of God is better than all unsanctified riches. Lazarus'sLazarus Crumbs were better than Dives his Banquet.
    With rule
    … Thus a little with the Fear of God is better than all unsanctified riches. Lazarus'sLazarus Crumbs were better than Dives his Banquet.

    Thomas Watson · Religion Our True Interest · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … thing, to raiſe Jairus daughter to life, yet ſcarcely cold Mar. 5.22. as to bring Lazarus'sLazarus ſtinking carcaſe out of his grave, John 11.43. Both ſupernatural works, and a ſupernatural Worker …
    With rule
    … thing, to raiſe Jairus daughter to life, yet ſcarcely cold Mar. 5.22. as to bring Lazarus'sLazarus ſtinking carcaſe out of his grave, John 11.43. Both ſupernatural works, and a ſupernatural Worker …

    John Martin · Mary Magdalenes Tears Wiped Off · p. 4 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … great an argument to prove it as his raising others from the dead: and Lazarus'sLazarus empty Monument, and walking Grave-cloaths were not better evidence than this Cross of …
    With rule
    … great an argument to prove it as his raising others from the dead: and Lazarus'sLazarus empty Monument, and walking Grave-cloaths were not better evidence than this Cross of …

    Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 187 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Qu. Where was Lazarus'sLazarus ſoul while he was dead? If in heaven, was it not a wrong to …
    With rule
    Qu. Where was Lazarus'sLazarus ſoul while he was dead? If in heaven, was it not a wrong to …

    Richard Baxter · A Paraphrase on the New Testament · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Looking Unto Jesus A25241

  • Printed
    … is a degree of love. But Mary ſtood there weeping, when Chriſt ſtood at Lazarus'sLazarus grave-ſide weeping, the Jews ſaid then, Behold how he loved him, and may …
    With rule
    … is a degree of love. But Mary ſtood there weeping, when Chriſt ſtood at Lazarus'sLazarus grave-ſide weeping, the Jews ſaid then, Behold how he loved him, and may …

    Isaac Ambrose · Looking Unto Jesus · p. 423 · Open in the reader

The Life of Faith A26951

  • Printed
    … the joy of Lazarus as in Abrahams boſome, Luke 16.22, 23. and introduced Abraham as pleading Lazarus'sLazarus cauſe, v. 25, 26. And hath made it a part of the comfortable deſcription of his …
    With rule
    … the joy of Lazarus as in Abrahams boſome, Luke 16.22, 23. and introduced Abraham as pleading Lazarus'sLazarus cauſe, v. 25, 26. And hath made it a part of the comfortable deſcription of his …

    Richard Baxter · The Life of Faith · p. 578 · Open in the reader

Sighs from Hell A30203

  • Printed
    … Sect with Hymeneus and Philetus, but then you shall see them to be the Lazarus'sLazarus of God, even Gods dear Children. Though now the Saints of the Lord will …
    With rule
    … Sect with Hymeneus and Philetus, but then you shall see them to be the Lazarus'sLazarus of God, even Gods dear Children. Though now the Saints of the Lord will …

    John Bunyan · Sighs from Hell · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Take notice of this, you that are despisers of the least of the Lazarus'sLazarus of our Lord Jesus Christ: it may be now you are loath to receive …
    With rule
    Take notice of this, you that are despisers of the least of the Lazarus'sLazarus of our Lord Jesus Christ: it may be now you are loath to receive …

    John Bunyan · Sighs from Hell · p. 85 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

  • Printed
    … that God knew him by Name, as he did Moſes, Exod. 33.12. and left this Lazarus'sLazarus Name upon Scripture-Roll, and Record as a Cordial, to comfort the godly poor …
    With rule
    … that God knew him by Name, as he did Moſes, Exod. 33.12. and left this Lazarus'sLazarus Name upon Scripture-Roll, and Record as a Cordial, to comfort the godly poor …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 151 · Open in the reader

A Few Sighs from Hell A77813

  • Printed
    … ſect with Hymeneus and Philetus, but then you ſhall ſee them to be the Lazarus'sLazarus of God, even Gods dear children. Though now the Saints of the Lord will …
    With rule
    … ſect with Hymeneus and Philetus, but then you ſhall ſee them to be the Lazarus'sLazarus of God, even Gods dear children. Though now the Saints of the Lord will …

    John Bunyan · A Few Sighs from Hell · p. 67 · Open in the reader