Thematic Bible: Compared to as sleep


Thematic Bible



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

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.

“Why then do You not pardon my transgression
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me, but I will not be.”


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

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.”

For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers and underwent decay;



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

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.

“Why then do You not pardon my transgression
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me, but I will not be.”


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

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.”

For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers and underwent decay;



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

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.

“Why then do You not pardon my transgression
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me, but I will not be.”


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

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.”

For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers and underwent decay;



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