John 11:11-13

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¹¹ After saying this, he told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to awaken him.” ¹² The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will be all right.”^{[a] 13} Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was referring merely to sleep.