John 11:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.

John 11:13 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-16)

We have in these verses, I. A particular account of the parties principally concerned in this story, John 11:1, 2. 1. They lived at Bethany, a village nor far from Jerusalem, where Christ usually lodged when he came up to the feasts. It is here called the town of Mary and Martha, that is, the town where they dwelt, as Bethsaida is called the city of Andrew and Peter, John 1:44. For I see no reason…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 13)

11-16. Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go that I may wake him out of sleep--Illustrious title! “Our friend Lazarus.” To Abraham only is it accorded in the Old Testament, and not till after his death, (2Ch 20:7; Is 41:8), to which our attention is called in the New Testament (Jas 2:23). When Jesus came in the flesh, His forerunner applied this name, in a certain sense, to himself (Joh 3:29); and…