'Sleeping' in the Bible

When Joseph got up from sleeping, he did as the Lord’s angel had commanded him. He married her

Suddenly, a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But He was sleeping.

“Leave,” He said, “because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.” And they started laughing at Him.

But while people were sleeping, his enemy came, sowed weeds among the wheat, and left.

Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He asked Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with Me one hour?

And He came again and found them sleeping, because they could not keep their eyes open.

Then He came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the time is near. The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

and told them, “Say this, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole Him while we were sleeping.’

But He was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him up and said to Him, “Teacher! Don’t You care that we’re going to die?”

Otherwise, he might come suddenly and find you sleeping.

Then He came and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you sleeping?” He asked Peter. “Couldn’t you stay awake one hour?

And He came again and found them sleeping, because they could not keep their eyes open. They did not know what to say to Him.

Then He came a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The time has come. Look, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

When He got up from prayer and came to the disciples, He found them sleeping, exhausted from their grief.

“Why are you sleeping?” He asked them. “Get up and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation.”

On the night before Herod was to bring him out for execution, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the sentries in front of the door guarded the prison.