'Sleep' in the Bible

And Joseph, having risen from the sleep, did as the messenger of the Lord directed him, and received his wife,

he saith to them, 'Withdraw, for the damsel did not die, but doth sleep,' and they were deriding him;

then cometh he unto his disciples, and saith to them, 'Sleep on henceforth, and rest! lo, the hour hath come nigh, and the Son of Man is delivered up to the hands of sinners.

and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed spring up and grow, he hath not known how;

and having gone in he saith to them, 'Why do ye make a tumult, and weep? the child did not die, but doth sleep;

And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, 'Simon, thou dost sleep! thou wast not able to watch one hour!

And he cometh the third time, and saith to them, 'Sleep on henceforth, and rest -- it is over; the hour did come; lo, the Son of Man is delivered up to the hands of the sinful;

and they were all weeping, and beating themselves for her, and he said, 'Weep not, she did not die, but doth sleep;

but Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep, and having waked, they saw his glory, and the two men standing with him.

and he said to them, 'Why do ye sleep? having risen, pray that ye may not enter into temptation.'

but Jesus had spoken about his death, but they thought that about the repose of sleep he speaketh.

and the jailor having come out of sleep, and having seen the doors of the prison open, having drawn a sword, was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to be fled,

and there was sitting a certain youth, by name Eutychus, upon the window -- being borne down by a deep sleep, Paul discoursing long -- he having sunk down from the sleep, fell down from the third story, and was lifted up dead.

according as it hath been written, 'God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,' -- unto this very day,

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already is to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer is our salvation than when we did believe;

A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will -- only in the Lord;

Because of this, among you many are weak and sickly, and sleep do many;

lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed;

so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,

for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken,

who did die for us, that whether we wake -- whether we sleep -- together with him we may live;