Consequently, members of his family are taken from him, but Lazarus continues always to laugh, even as Miriam is poisoned by the Roman Emperor Tiberius and continuing on to the very end, when Tiberius burns him at the stake.
Because of this, Lazarus's family is taken away from him, but he keeps laughing throughout his life, even as Miriam is killed by the Roman Emperor Tiberius and eventually dies a martyr's death, being burned alive by Tiberius.