'Fallen Asleep' in the Bible

He said this, and after that He added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him."

The disciples said to Him, "Lord, if he has merely fallen asleep, he will recover."

After that, at one time He was seen by more than five hundred brothers, most of whom are still living, though some of them have fallen asleep.

Yes, even those who have fallen asleep, though in union with Christ, have perished.

But in reality Christ has been raised from the dead, the first to be raised of those who have fallen asleep.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, then through Jesus, God will bring back with Him those who have fallen asleep.

For on the Lord's own authority we say that those of us who may be left behind and are still living when the Lord comes back, will have no advantage at all over those who have fallen asleep.