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John 11:12
“The disciples therefore said, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”
Verse in context — John 11
10
But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn't in him.
11
He said these things, and after that, he said to them, "Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep.
12
The disciples therefore said, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.
13
Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.
14
So Jesus said to them plainly then, "Lazarus is dead.
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