Catholic Public Domain Version
"But Jesus had spoken about his death. Yet they thought that he spoke about the repose of sleep. "
— John 11:13, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.”
“Now Jesus had spoken of his death: but they thought that he spake of taking rest in sleep. ”
“Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.”
“(Now Jesus had been talking about his death, but they thought he had been talking about real sleep.)”
“But Jesus spoke of his death: and they thought that he spoke of the repose of sleep.”
“Jesus, however, was talking of his death: but they had the idea that he was talking about taking rest in sleep.”
“Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.”
But if he walks in the nighttime, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”
He said these things, and after this, he said to them: “Lazarus our friend is sleeping. But I am going, so that I may awaken him from sleep.”
And so his disciples said, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he shall be healthy.”
But Jesus had spoken about his death. Yet they thought that he spoke about the repose of sleep.
Therefore, Jesus then said to them plainly, “Lazarus has died.
And I am glad for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
And then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us go, too, so that we may die with him.”