John 11:13
Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Howbeit Jesus spake of his death,.... Under the figurative phrase of sleeping:
but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep; in a literal and natural sense.
We have in these verses,
I. A particular account of the parties principally concerned in this story, Joh 11:1, Joh 11:2. 1. They lived at Bethany, a village nor far from Jerusalem, where Christ…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Howbeit Jesus spake Or, Now Jesus had spoken.
had spoken spake.
taking of rest in sleep The word here translated -taking of rest" corresponds to -sleepeth" or -is gone to rest" in Joh 11:11, and -to…