John 11:13

(Now Jesus had been talking about ¹  his death, but they ²  thought he had been talking about real sleep.) ³ 

biblegateway Joh 11:13

Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.

biblegateway Joh 11:13

Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of literal sleep.

biblegateway Joh 11:13

They thought Jesus meant Lazarus was having a good night’s rest, but Jesus meant Lazarus had died.

biblegateway Joh 11:13

Jesus was talking about death, while his disciples thought he was talking about taking a nap.

SABDAweb Joh 11:13

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

bibleoremus Joh 11:13

Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was referring merely to sleep.

biblegateway Joh 11:13

However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep.

biblegateway Joh 11:13

(Now Jesus had been talking about ¹  his death, but they ²  thought he had been talking about real sleep.) ³ 

¹ tn Or “speaking about.”

² tn Grk “these.”

³ tn Grk “the sleep of slumber”; this is a redundant expression to emphasize physical sleep as opposed to death.

³ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.