Lazarus Wrote the Fourth Gospel by slaveofone
Or did he? It is an intriguing idea. It not only makes literary sense, but historical sense as well. Both internal and external evidence support it. Lazarus is the only person specifically named beloved of Yeshua in an entire document which makes much of the designation. The gospel claims to be telling a personal, eyewitness account and yet it lacks all the important, personal, eyewitness accounts of the Apostle John seen in the Synoptics. The Synoptics make it clear that the twelve fled when Yeshua was crucified, but Lazarus was not one of the twelve, therefore he is obviously a better candidate than John to have witnessed the event.
There is definitely no advantage in me saying what has already been said better by someone else. For a more detailed, scholastic look at the question of Lazarus and John’s authorship of the fourth gospel, see Ben Witherington’s enthralling post Was Lazarus the Beloved Disciple?