>> this wood belongs to a juniper tree. and we know that juniper was found on cypress and was used for coffins for people in the early and late roman periods. we're hoping the carbon date will tell us more. >> the results of the lazarus wood are about to come off. >> it's coming out at quite modern in the last 200 to 300 years. >> this can't possibly be the coffin of lazarus itself. >> definitely not. >> and more likely to be something from when this crypt was disturbed. so it doesn't take any us closer to discovering whether or not lazarus actually came here or whether he was buried there. >> no doubt. >> until the bones themselves are tested, science cannot prove their age. but the tradition that lazarus was buried beneath this church and the veneration of his relics