²³ When, now, he came into the ruler’s house+ and caught sight of the flute players and the crowd in noisy confusion,+

⁵² But people were all weeping and beating themselves in grief for her. So he said: “STOP weeping,+ for she did not die but is sleeping.”+

¹¹ He said these things, and after this he said to them: “Laz′a·rus our friend has gone to rest, but I am journeying there to awaken him from sleep.”+