John 11:12

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And so his disciples said, "Lord, if he is sleeping, he shall be healthy."

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he said, "Depart. For the girl is not dead, but asleep." And they derided him.

He said these things, and after this, he said to them: "Lazarus our friend is sleeping. But I am going, so that I may awaken him from sleep."

But Jesus had spoken about his death. Yet they thought that he spoke about the repose of sleep.