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John 11:11

These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

KJV

ταῦτα εἶπεν, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο λέγει αὐτοῖς· Λάζαρος ὁ φίλος ἡμῶν κεκοίμηται· ἀλλὰ πορεύομαι ἵνα ἐξυπνίσω αὐτόν.

Greek NT

Hæc ait, et post hæc dixit eis : Lazarus amicus noster dormit : sed vado ut a somno excitem eum.

Vulgate

These things spake he: and after this he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

ASV

These things he said; and after that he said to them: Lazarus our friend sleepeth: but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Λάζαρος
lazaros
noun · 15×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κοιμάω
koimao
verb · 18×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πορεύομαι
poreuomai
verb · 155×
φίλος
philos
noun · 27×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἐξυπνίζω
exupnizo
verb · 1×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. And, behold, it is said, a woman that had an issue of blood twelve years, came behind Him, and touched the hem of His garment. For she said within herself, If I may but touch His garment, I shall be whole. Wherefore did she not approach Him boldly? She was ashamed on account of her affliction, accounting herself to be unclean. For if the menstruous woman was judged not to be…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:51 — Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
  • 1Thess 4:13 — But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
  • 1Thess 5:10 — Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
  • 2Kgs 4:31 — And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not a
  • Acts 20:10 — And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.
  • Dan 12:2 — And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
  • Eph 5:14 — Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
  • Exod 33:11 — And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacl
  • Exod 33:11 — And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacl
  • John 11:1 — Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
  • John 11:3 — Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
  • John 11:13 — Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
  • John 11:43 — And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
  • Mark 5:39 — And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
  • Matt 9:24 — He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
  • Matt 9:24 — He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
  • Matt 27:52 — And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,