He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”
But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”
He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.
After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”
Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest,
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting co