After He had said this, He told them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up." Cross References 2 Kings 4:31 Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy's face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, "The boy has not awakened." Matthew 27:52 The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised. Mark 5:39 He went inside and asked, "Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep." John 11:3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, "Lord, the one You love is sick." John 11:10 But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light." John 11:12 His disciples replied, "Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better." John 11:13 They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus. Acts 7:60 Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep. Treasury of Scripture These things said he: and after that he said to them, Our friend Lazarus sleeps; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. he saith. John 3:29 John 15:13-15 Exodus 33:11 sleepeth. John 11:13 Deuteronomy 31:16 Daniel 12:2 awake. John 11:43,44 John 5:25-29 Daniel 12:2 |