John 11:12

New International Reader's Version

His disciples replied, “Lord, if he’s sleeping, he will get better.”

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He said, “Go away. The girl is not dead. She is sleeping.” But they laughed at him.

After he said this, Jesus went on speaking to them. “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep,” he said. “But I am going there to wake him up.”

Jesus had been speaking about the death of Lazarus. But his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.