Joh 11:11, 13 | ISV | STEP | These were the things he said. Then after this he told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am leaving to wake him up.”

John 11:11

11 These were the things he said. Then after this he told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am leaving to wake him up.”Deut 31:16; Dan 12:2; Matt 9:24; Acts 7:60; 1Cor 15:18, 51

13 Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was speaking about resting or sleeping.