Thematic Bible: A symbol of death


Thematic Bible



And when he had entered in, he said to them, "Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep.

so man lies down and doesn't rise. Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.


he said, "Make room, because the girl is not dead, but sleeping." They were ridiculing him.

All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, "Do not weep. She is not dead, but sleeping."

He said these things, and after that, he said to them, "Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep." The disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."