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Which lines in this excerpt from T S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" contain a biblical allusion?

Which lines in this excerpt from T S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock-example-1
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"Though I have seen my head brought in upon a platter,

I am no prophet"

This refers to John the Baptist when he is beheaded and his head is brought as a gift upon a platter

To say, "I am Lazarus, come from the dead,"

Jesus raised a man named Lazarus from the dead as recorded in the Bible. (John 11)

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I cannot see the full excerpt, but from the entire work here is what I see.

...But thought I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed,
though I have seen my head brought in upon a platter,
I am no prophet...

This refers to John the Baptist when he gets his head put on a platter. John was a prophet. (Matthew 14 and Mark 6)

..."I am Lazarus, come from the dead..."
Jesus raised a man named Lazarus from the dead as recorded in the Bible. (John 11)
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