Joh 11:13 | RWP | e4.org | Had spoken ( ειρηκε ). Past perfect of ειπον ( ερω ). The disciples had misunderstood Christ's metaphor for death. That he spake ( οτ λεγε ). Present active indicative retained in indirect discourse after the secondary tense ( εδοξαν ). Of taking rest in sleep ( περ της κοιμησεως του υπου ). Only use of κοιμησις (from κοιμαω ) in the N.T., but it also was used of death (Sirach 46:19). Hυπνου (in sleep) is objective genitive of υπνος (sleep, ).

‏ John 11:13

Had spoken ( ειρηκε ). Past perfect of ειπον ( ερω ). The disciples had misunderstood Christ's metaphor for death.

That he spake ( οτ λεγε ). Present active indicative retained in indirect discourse after the secondary tense ( εδοξαν ).

Of taking rest in sleep ( περ της κοιμησεως του υπου ). Only use of κοιμησις (from κοιμαω ) in the N.T., but it also was used of death (Sirach 46:19). Hυπνου (in sleep) is objective genitive of υπνος (sleep, Mt 1:24).