His disciples said to him, “Lord, if he’s sleeping, he’ll get well.”
He said to them, “Leave! The girl is not dead. She’s sleeping.” But they laughed at him.
After Jesus said this, he told his disciples, “Our friend Lazarus is sleeping, and I’m going to Bethany to wake him.”
Jesus meant that Lazarus was dead, but the disciples thought Jesus meant that Lazarus was only sleeping.
