Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
Bible References
He saith
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 15:13
No one has greater love than this: that someone lay down his life for his friends.
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.
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},
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.
Sleepeth
John 11:13
(Now Jesus had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was speaking about {real sleep}.)
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}.
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}.
Matthew 9:24
he said, "Go away, because the girl is not dead, but is sleeping." And they ridiculed him.
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."
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.
1 Corinthians 15:18
And as a further result, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
1 Thessalonians 4:14
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.