John 11:11

Lazarus Dies

¹⁰ But if anyone walks around in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him. ¹¹ He said these [things], and after this he said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I can awaken him." ¹² So the disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well."

Fallen Asleep

John

Lazarus

Daniel 12:2

And many from [those] sleeping {in the dusty ground} will awake, some to {everlasting life} and some to disgrace and {everlasting contempt}.

Acts 7:60

And falling to [his] knees, he cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them!" And [after he] said this, he fell asleep.

Mark 5:39

And [when he] entered, he said to them, "Why are you agitated and weeping? The child is not dead, but is sleeping."

John 11:13

(Now Jesus had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was speaking about {real sleep}.)

Exodus 33:11

And Yahweh would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his neighbor. And he would return to the camp, and his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the middle of the tent.

Deuteronomy 31:16

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Look, you [are] about to lie [down] with your ancestors, and this people will arise and they will play the prostitute after {the foreign gods} of the land {to which they are going}.

2 Chronicles 20:7

O, our God, did you yourself not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it to the descendants of Abraham your friend forever?

Isaiah 41:8

But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, you, the {offspring} of Abraham my {friend},

Matthew 9:24

he said, "Go away, because the girl is not dead, but is sleeping." And they ridiculed him.

Matthew 27:52

And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,

John 3:29

The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices {greatly} because of the bridegroom's voice. So this joy of mine is complete.

John 5:25-29

"Truly, truly I say to you, that an hour is coming--and now is [here]--when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and the ones who hear will live.

John 11:3

So the sisters sent [word] to him, saying, "Lord, behold, [the one] whom you love is sick."

John 11:43-44

And [when he] had said these [things], he cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"

John 15:13-15

No one has greater love than this: that someone lay down his life for his friends.

1 Corinthians 15:18

And as a further result, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Sober up correctly and {stop sinning}, for some have no knowledge of God--I say [this] to your shame.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Behold, I tell you a mystery: we will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed,

Ephesians 5:14

for everything made visible is light. Therefore it says, Wake up, sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.

1 Thessalonians 4:14-15

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose [again], thus also God will bring those who have fallen asleep through Jesus together with him.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live at the same time with him.

James 2:23

And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness," and he was called God's friend.