John Chapter 11, Verse 12
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12: ειπον ουν οι μαθηται αυτου κυριε ει κεκοιμηται σωθησεται
12: Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
12: His disciples therefore said: Lord, if he sleep, he shall do
well.
If he sleep, he shall do well. Sleep was regarded by the Jews, in sickness, as a favourable symptom; hence it was said among them, "Sleep in sickness is a sign of recovery, because it shows that the violence of the disease has abated" (Lightfoot.) This seems to have been the meaning of the disciples. They intimated that if had this symptom, there was no need of his going into Judea to restore him.
