John 11:11

Plain English Version

Then Jesus said to them, “Our friend Lazarus is asleep. I am going to wake him up.”

Cross References

Mark 5:39

Jesus went into the house, and he asked them, “Why are you making all this noise? That little girl isn’t dead. She is just sleeping.”

John 11:10

It’s only at night time that people do not have that light. Then they can’t see where they are walking, and they will fall down.” When Jesus said that, he was telling them that, just as people can walk until the end of the day, he had to keep on working until the end of his life, and it wasn’t time yet for him to die.

John 11:12

His followers said, “Sir, if Lazarus is asleep, he will soon get better.”

John 11:13

Jesus was really saying that Lazarus was dead, but his followers didn’t understand that.

John 11:3

so Mary and Martha sent a message to Jesus. They said, “Your good friend Lazarus is very sick.”

John 3:29

Listen to this picture story about wedding parties. The man that marries the woman is the important man. The man’s good friend waits for him, and the friend is really happy when the man comes. Well, in the same way, I am like the good friend of Jesus. He came, so I am really happy. And people are going to him, and I am happy about that too.

Acts 7:60

Then he went down on to his knees, and he shouted, “Jesus, don’t blame these men for doing this bad thing.” And after he said that, he died.

1 Corinthians 15:18

And if you reckon that God never makes dead people alive again, you are saying that the Christians that died are now lost and gone for ever.

1 Corinthians 15:34

So start thinking properly, and do what is right. Stop doing bad things. I think that some of you don’t really know God. I’m saying this to make you feel shame.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Listen, I’m telling you something new. God didn’t tell other people this message before, but it is important. He will change all of us. Some of us will still be alive at that time, but maybe some of us will be dead. It doesn’t matter, God will change all of us.

Ephesians 5:14

The light shows us what something really is. So some people say this, “Stop doing bad things. It’s like you are asleep, so wake up now. It’s like you are dead, so come alive again now. Then Jesus will show you the right way to live, it’s like he will shine light on you.”