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John Gill, on John 11:13
John Gill · 1697–1771
John 11:13 · Douay-Rheims
“But Jesus spoke of his death; and they thought that he spoke of the repose of sleep.”
On this verse:
“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.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.