Now Yeshua had spoken about his death, but they thought He was talking about ordinary sleep.
He said, “Go away, for the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.” And they began jeering at Him.
And everyone was weeping and lamenting her; but He said, “Don’t weep, for she didn’t die but is sleeping.”
After He said this, He tells them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I’m going there to wake him up.”
So the disciples said to Him, “Master, if he has fallen asleep, he will get better.”
Then Yeshua told them clearly, “Lazarus is dead!