John 11:13 KJV — MannaFest

John 11:13

Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.

KJV

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ASV

Now Jesus had spoken of his death: but they thought that he spake of taking rest in sleep.

WEB

They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus.

YLT

but Jesus had spoken about his death, but they thought that about the repose of sleep he speaketh.

DBT

But Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that he spoke of the rest of sleep.

About this book

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John — The Gospel of sevens and signs. Seven signs, seven 'I AM' sayings, a prologue and an epilogue — written 'that ye might believe' (20:31).

Author: John the Apostle (2nd-century patristic attribution + internal claims)
Date: c. AD 85–95

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John 11:11
These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
Matthew 9:24
He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

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The conference is so very free and familiar as to make out what Christ saith, I have called you friends. Two things he discourses about--his own danger and Lazarus's death.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

"The phrase here employed, 'our friend Lazarus,' means more than 'he whom Thou lovest' in Joh 11:3, for it implies that Christ's affection was reciprocated by Lazarus" [LAMPE].

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Sleep is often nature's physic, and reviving to its weak and weary powers. This is true of the sleep of death; if a good Christian so sleep, he shall do well, better than he did here. [2.] A greater concern for themselves; for hereby they insinuate that it was now needless for Christ to go to him, and expose himself and them.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Let us not therefore condemn all those as heretics who mistake the sense of some of Christ's sayings. It is not good to aggravate our brethren's mistakes; yet this was a gross one, for it had easily been prevented if they had remembered how frequently death is called a sleep in the Old Testament. They should have understood Christ when he spoke scripture language.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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G138062× in canon G2288120× in canon G1565260× in canon G4012332× in canon

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