John 11:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Jesus, however, was talking of his death: but they had the idea that he was talking about taking rest in sleep.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 9:24 : 24 He said, Make room; for the girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they were laughing at him.

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    11 These things said he: and after that he said to them, Lazarus our friend is at rest; but I go so that I may make him come out of his sleep.

    12 Then his disciples said to him, Lord, if he is resting he will get well.

  • 14 Then Jesus said to them clearly, Lazarus is dead.

  • 39 And when he had gone in, he said to them, Why are you making such a noise and weeping? The child is not dead, but sleeping.

  • Luke 8:52-53
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    52 And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping.

    53 And they were laughing at him, being certain that she was dead.

  • 45 Then he comes to the disciples; and says to them, Go on sleeping now, and take your rest: for the hour is come, and the Son of man is given into the hands of evil men.

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    40 And again he came and saw them sleeping, because their eyes were very tired; and they had nothing to say in answer.

    41 And he came the third time, and said to them, Go on sleeping now and take your rest: it is enough; the hour has come; see, the Son of man is given up into the hands of evil men.

  • John 11:4-5
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    4 When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it.

    5 Now Jesus had love in his heart for Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

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    43 Then he said in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out!

    44 And he who was dead came out, with linen bands folded tightly about his hands and feet, and a cloth about his face. Jesus said to them, Make him free and let him go.

  • 9 For at that time they had no knowledge that the Writings said that he would have to come again from the dead.

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    45 And, getting up from prayer, he came to the disciples, and saw that they were sleeping for sorrow.

    46 And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.

  • 17 Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus had been put into the earth four days before.

  • 24 He said, Make room; for the girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they were laughing at him.

  • 13 Say, His disciples came by night and took him away secretly while we were sleeping.

  • 10 And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the coming back from the dead might be.

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    37 But some of them said, This man, who made open the eyes of the blind man, was he not able to keep his friend from death?

    38 So Jesus, deeply troubled in heart, came to the place of the dead. It was a hole in the rock, and a stone was over the opening.

    39 Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said, Lord, by this time the body will be smelling, for he has been dead four days.

  • 23 Jesus said to her, Your brother will come to life again.

  • 10 Now there was talk among the chief priests of putting Lazarus to death;

  • 43 And he came again and saw them sleeping, for their eyes were tired.

  • 34 But they did not take in the sense of any of these words, and what he said was not clear to them, and their minds were not able to see it.

  • 33 (This he said, pointing to the sort of death he would have.)

  • 32 But the saying was not clear to them, and they were in fear of questioning him about it.

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    13 But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.

    14 For if we have faith that Jesus underwent death and came back again, even so those who are sleeping will come again with him by God's power.

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    34 And said, Where have you put him? They said, Come and see, Lord.

    35 And Jesus himself was weeping.

  • 37 And he came, and saw them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? were you not able to keep watch one hour?

  • 25 Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;

  • 45 But this saying was not clear to them and its sense was kept secret from them so that they were not able to see it: and they had fear of questioning him about it.

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    21 But his words were about that holy building which was his body.

    22 So when he had come back again from the dead, the memory of these words came back to the disciples, and they had faith in the holy Writings and in the word which Jesus had said.

  • 13 Then the disciples saw that he was talking to them of John the Baptist.

  • 27 They did not see that his words were about the Father.

  • 18 So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us.

  • 12 And his disciples came, and took up his body and put it in the earth; and they went and gave Jesus news of what had taken place.

  • 29 And when his disciples had news of it, they came and took up his body, and put it in its last resting-place.

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    28 And though no cause of death was seen in him, they made a request to Pilate that he might be put to death.

    29 And when they had done all the things said in the Writings about him, they took him down from the tree, and put him in the place of the dead.

    30 But God gave him back from the dead:

  • 32 (That the word of Jesus might come true, pointing to the sort of death he would have.)

  • 3 And they were saying among themselves, Who will get the stone rolled away from the door for us?

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    16 (These things were not clear to his disciples at first: but when Jesus had been lifted up into his glory, then it came to their minds that these things in the Writings were about him and that they had been done to him.)

    17 Now the people who were with him when his voice came to Lazarus in the place of the dead, and gave him life again, had been talking about it.