John 11:12

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will be all right.”

Cross References

Matthew 9:24

he said, “Go away; for the girl is not dead but sleeping.” And they laughed at him.

John 11:11

After saying this, he told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to awaken him.”

John 11:13

Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was referring merely to sleep.