'Fallen Asleep' in the Bible

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

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.”

The disciples then said to Him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”

After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep;

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

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

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.