"If he has fallen asleep, Master, he will get well," said the disciples.
He said: "Go away, the little girl is not dead; she is asleep." They began to laugh at him;
And, when he had said this, he added: "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going that I may wake him."
But Jesus meant that he was dead; they, however, supposed that he was speaking of natural sleep.