John 11:11

Lazarus Dies

¹⁰ But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” ¹¹ This He said, and after that He *said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep.” ¹² The disciples then said to Him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”

Fallen Asleep

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Lazarus

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.

Acts 7:60

Then falling on his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” Having said this, he fell asleep.

Mark 5:39

And entering in, He *said to them, “Why make a commotion and weep? The child has not died, but is asleep.”

John 11:13

Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of literal sleep.

Exodus 33:11

Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses returned to the camp, his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.

Deuteronomy 31:16

The Lord said to Moses, “Behold, you are about to lie down with your fathers; and this people will arise and play the harlot with the strange gods of the land, into the midst of which they are going, and will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with them.

2 Chronicles 20:7

Did You not, O our God, 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,
Descendant of Abraham My friend,

Matthew 9:24

He said, “Leave; for the girl has not died, but is asleep.” And they began laughing at Him.

Matthew 27:52

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

John 3:29

He 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 has been made full.

John 5:25-29

Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

John 11:3

So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.”

John 11:43-44

When He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth.”

John 15:13-15

Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.

1 Corinthians 15:18

Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Become sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

Ephesians 5:14

For this reason it says,
“Awake, sleeper,
And arise from the dead,
And Christ will shine on you.”

1 Thessalonians 4:14-15

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him.

James 2:23

and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.