For this reason it is said, "Awake, thou sleeper! Arise from the dead; And Christ shall shine upon thee!"

Be unwearied in prayer, and keep awake in it when giving thanks.

Carry out these injunctions because you know the crisis that we are in, that now it is high time for you to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed.

Now when Joseph awoke from his sleep he did as the angel of the Lord had directed him, and took his wife home,

And he awoke, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!"

Take heed! Awake! for you never know the time. As a man gone abroad and leaving his house gives authority to his slaves, to each his task; and orders the porter to keep watch;

and what I say to you, I say to all. Be awake and on guard."

Then they came to him and woke him, saying, "Master, Master, we are lost!" Then he awoke, and rebuked the winds and the raging of the sea. They ceased, and there was a calm.

Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep; but when they were fully awake they saw his glory, and the two men were standing beside him.