Thematic Bible: Sleep


Thematic Bible



So they put off. While they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. A squall swept down upon the lake, and their boat was filling and they were in danger. Verse ConceptsDanger, PhysicalBody Of Christ, Physical BodySleep, PhysicalStormsSwamped

So they put off. While they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. A squall swept down upon the lake, and their boat was filling and they were in danger. Verse ConceptsDanger, PhysicalBody Of Christ, Physical BodySleep, PhysicalStormsSwamped









Listen, I will tell you God's hidden purpose! We shall not all have passed to our rest, but we shall all be transformed-in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, Verse ConceptsMetaphysicsMysteryPeople TransformedNot DyingDeath Of The RighteousPeople Who Didn't DieDying



He said: "Go away, the little girl is not dead; she is asleep." They began to laugh at him; Verse ConceptsFaith, Testing OfLaughterSleep, And DeathChrist Driving Out PeopleNot DyingDeath AvertedMocking ChristDeath Of A ChildFun


Then he came to his disciples, and found them asleep. "What!" he said to Peter, "could none of you watch with me for one hour? Verse ConceptsHourPainPrayerlessnessSleep, PhysicalUnreliabilityOverconfidenceOne HourChrist With His DisciplesStress And Hard Times



Suddenly so great a storm came on upon the Sea, that the waves broke right over the boat. But Jesus was asleep; Verse ConceptsBody Of Christ, Physical BodySleep, PhysicalStormsTirednessSwampedlakes







Jesus was in the stern asleep upon the cushion; and the disciples roused him and cried: "Teacher! is it nothing to you that we are lost?" Verse ConceptsCriticism, against believersDependenceBody Of Christ, Physical BodyLeisure, And PastimesRest, PhysicalSleep, PhysicalWorryBedsPossibility Of DeathBack Of ThingsChrist Waking UpDyingDiscipleship

Just when Herod was intending to bring him before the people, on that very night Peter was asleep between two soldiers, chained to them both, while there were sentries in front of the door, guarding the prison. Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesSleep, PhysicalGod Is ImmanentIron ChainsDuring One NightTwo Other ThingsTwo Other MenSleeping Peacefullytrailsjail











The rest grew callous; as Scripture says--'God has given them a deadness of mind--eyes that are not to see and ears that are not to hear--and it is so to this very day.' Verse ConceptsDrowsinessGospel, Responses ToHearingSleep, SpiritualSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfInsensibilitySleep, Warnings AgainstAnaestheticRefusing To HearGod BlindingFalse Religion To This DayGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of God

For everything that has its true character made manifest is clear as light. And that is why it is said--'Sleeper, awake! Arise from the dead, and the Christ shall give thee light!' Verse ConceptsBeing AwakeLight, SpiritualSleep, SpiritualRising LateBeing Dead In SinSleep, Warnings AgainstWakefulnessActive LifestylesAnestheticGod Giving LightOur ResurrectionWake Up!RisingawakeningpotentialLight As A Symbol Of Salvation


This I say, because you know the crisis that we have reached, for the time has already come for you to rouse yourselves from sleep; our Salvation is nearer now than when we accepted the Faith. Verse ConceptsBeing PreparedHourUnderstandingUrgencySleep, Warnings AgainstWakefulnessA Time Of SalvationBenefits Of Faith In ChristGod Not DelayingFinal SalvationWake Up!Glorificationfaith in hard timesBeing SavedKnowing GodEnd TimesWeather In The Last Daysawakeningepiphany

Therefore watch, for you cannot be sure when the Master of the house is coming-- whether in the evening, at midnight, at daybreak, or in the morning-- Lest he should come suddenly and find you asleep.


"Why this confusion and weeping?" he said on entering. "The little child is not dead; she is asleep." Verse ConceptsLast ThingsMourningSleep, And DeathDisorder Among PeopleNot DyingDeath AvertedMourning The Death Of OthersDeath Of A Child



He said: "Go away, the little girl is not dead; she is asleep." They began to laugh at him; Verse ConceptsFaith, Testing OfLaughterSleep, And DeathChrist Driving Out PeopleNot DyingDeath AvertedMocking ChristDeath Of A ChildFun

And every one was weeping and mourning for her. "Do not weep," Jesus said, "she is not dead; she is asleep." Verse ConceptsLamentingMourningSorrowDo Not MournMourning The Death Of Others

And, when he had said this, he added: "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going that I may wake him." "If he has fallen asleep, Master, he will get well," said the disciples.

So they put off. While they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. A squall swept down upon the lake, and their boat was filling and they were in danger. Verse ConceptsDanger, PhysicalBody Of Christ, Physical BodySleep, PhysicalStormsSwamped

Jesus was in the stern asleep upon the cushion; and the disciples roused him and cried: "Teacher! is it nothing to you that we are lost?" Verse ConceptsCriticism, against believersDependenceBody Of Christ, Physical BodyLeisure, And PastimesRest, PhysicalSleep, PhysicalWorryBedsPossibility Of DeathBack Of ThingsChrist Waking UpDyingDiscipleship

Suddenly so great a storm came on upon the Sea, that the waves broke right over the boat. But Jesus was asleep; Verse ConceptsBody Of Christ, Physical BodySleep, PhysicalStormsTirednessSwampedlakes



The rest grew callous; as Scripture says--'God has given them a deadness of mind--eyes that are not to see and ears that are not to hear--and it is so to this very day.' Verse ConceptsDrowsinessGospel, Responses ToHearingSleep, SpiritualSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfInsensibilitySleep, Warnings AgainstAnaestheticRefusing To HearGod BlindingFalse Religion To This DayGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of God

For everything that has its true character made manifest is clear as light. And that is why it is said--'Sleeper, awake! Arise from the dead, and the Christ shall give thee light!' Verse ConceptsBeing AwakeLight, SpiritualSleep, SpiritualRising LateBeing Dead In SinSleep, Warnings AgainstWakefulnessActive LifestylesAnestheticGod Giving LightOur ResurrectionWake Up!RisingawakeningpotentialLight As A Symbol Of Salvation


This I say, because you know the crisis that we have reached, for the time has already come for you to rouse yourselves from sleep; our Salvation is nearer now than when we accepted the Faith. Verse ConceptsBeing PreparedHourUnderstandingUrgencySleep, Warnings AgainstWakefulnessA Time Of SalvationBenefits Of Faith In ChristGod Not DelayingFinal SalvationWake Up!Glorificationfaith in hard timesBeing SavedKnowing GodEnd TimesWeather In The Last Daysawakeningepiphany

Therefore watch, for you cannot be sure when the Master of the house is coming-- whether in the evening, at midnight, at daybreak, or in the morning-- Lest he should come suddenly and find you asleep.